[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c27.23 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c27.23 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c27.23 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.23) ¹²⁶⁶ The story of Jacob and the two sisters Leah (elder) and Rachel (younger) in Genesis XXIX shows that among the ancient Jews also there was a custom prohibiting the marriage of a younger sister before the elder sister. - [Previous: v2.c27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.22) - [Next: v2.c27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.24) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27) ## Cites (1) - [בְּרֵאשִׁית](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.bible.genesis) — Hebrew --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c27.23) · Pramāṇa