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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 [L hates; dislikes]. Both wives might have sons by him. If the ·older son [firstborn] belongs to the wife he ·does not love [L hates; 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 [L hates; 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 [L hates; dislikes]. That son was the first ·to prove his father could have children [L of his virility], so he has the rights that belong to the ·older son [firstborn].

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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and (A)the other [a]unloved, and both the loved and the [b]unloved have borne him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the [c]unloved, 16 then it shall be on the day that he wills what he owns as an inheritance to his sons, he is not allowed to treat the son of the loved wife as the firstborn, [d]at the expense of the son of the [e]unloved, who actually is the firstborn son. 17 On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [f]unloved wife, by giving him a double [g]portion of everything that [h]he owns, for he was the (B)beginning of his [i]strength; (C)to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
  2. Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
  3. Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
  4. Deuteronomy 21:16 Lit against the face of
  5. Deuteronomy 21:16 See note v 15
  6. Deuteronomy 21:17 See note v 15
  7. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit mouthful
  8. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit is found with him
  9. Deuteronomy 21:17 I.e., power of procreation
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