The Right of the Firstborn

15 If a man has two wives,(A) and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,(B) 16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.(C) 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double(D) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.(E) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.(F)

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15 “If a man has two wives, and the one is loved and the other one is disliked and the one loved and the one that is disliked have borne for him sons, if it happens that the firstborn son belongs to the one that is disliked,[a] 16 nevertheless it will be the case that[b] on the day of bestowing his inheritance upon his sons, he will not be allowed to treat as the firstborn son the son of the beloved wife in preference to[c] the son of the disliked wife, who is the firstborn son. 17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked wife by giving[d] him a double portion of all that he has,[e] for he is the firstfruit of his vigor;[f] to him is the legal claim of the birthright.[g]

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Notas al pie

  1. Deuteronomy 21:15 Literally “is to the wife who is hated”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “it will happen”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “over the faces of”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “to give”
  5. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “all that is found for him”
  6. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the beginning of his strength”
  7. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the just claim of the firstborn”