Deuteronomy 21:15-17

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The Oldest Son

¹⁵ A man might have two wives, one he loves and one he ·doesn’t [^Lhates; dislikes]. Both wives might have sons by him. If the ·older son [firstborn] belongs to the wife he ·does not love [^Lhates; dislikes], ¹⁶ when that man wills his property to his sons he must not give the son of the wife he loves what belongs to the ·older [firstborn] son, the son of the wife he ·does not love [^Lhates; dislikes]. ¹⁷ He must agree to give the ·older son [firstborn] two shares of everything he owns, even though the ·older son [firstborn] is from the wife he does ·not love [^Lhates; dislikes]. That son was the first ·to prove his father could have children [^Lof his virility], so he has the rights that belong to the ·older son [firstborn].