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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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The Right of the Firstborn

15 “If a man has two wives, one of them loved and the other disliked, and if both the loved and the disliked have borne him sons, the firstborn being the son of the one who is disliked, 16 then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is not permitted to treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the firstborn.(A) 17 He must acknowledge as firstborn the son of the one who is disliked, giving him a double portion[a] of all that he has; since he is the first issue of his virility, the right of the firstborn is his.(B)

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  1. 21.17 Heb two-thirds
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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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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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  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”
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