ABSTRACT
For many years now, it has become very common for Old Testament scholars to refer to the numerous parallels between the patriarchal customs refl ected in the stories of Genesis and the custom law of the cuneiform documents of the second millennium BCE. Particular attention has been given to the Nuzi texts1 and to custom law related to marriage. The present study is directed to a reexamination of the parallels to marriage customs as they have been applied to the story of Jacob’s marriage to the daughters of Laban.
