Genesis 29:26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
And Laban said, it must not be so done in, our country,.... Or "in our place" {s}; in this our city it is not usual and customary to do so; he does not deny what he had done in beguiling him, nor the agreement he had made with him, but pleads the custom of the place as contrary to it:
to give the younger, that is, in marriage,
before the firstborn; but it does not appear there was any such custom, and it was a mere evasion; or otherwise, why did not he inform him of this when he asked for Rachel? and why did he enter into a contract with him, contrary to such a known custom? and besides; how could he have the nerve to call the men of the city, and make a feast for the marriage of his younger daughter, if this was the case?
{s} wnmwqmb "in loco nostro", Pagninus, Montanus, &c