Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Here is, I. The fair contract made between Laban and Jacob, during the month that Jacob spent there as a guest, Gen 29:14. It seems he was not idle, nor did he spend his time in sport and pastime; but like a man of business, though he had no stock of his own, he applied himself to serve his uncle, as he had begun (Gen...
Commenting on Genesis 29:15-30
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...
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. (i) He valued the profit he had from Jacob's service more than either his promise or the customs of the country, though he used custom for his excuse.