Deuteronomy 21:15-17
World English Bible
15 If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated, 16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
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Deuteronomy 21:15-17
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15 “If a man has two wives where one is loved but the other is unloved, and both[a] of them bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife, 16 then when he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, he must not give preference to the firstborn of the beloved wife over the firstborn of the unloved wife. 17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn of the unloved wife by giving him double of everything he owns, because he is really the first fruit of his father’s[b] strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.”
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- Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit. the one who is loved and who is not loved
- Deuteronomy 21:17 The Heb. lacks father’s
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