¹² The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’^(A) So he divided his property^(B) between them.

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.^{(A) 17} He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double^(B) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.^(C) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.^(D)

⁴⁴ They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”^(A)

³⁰ But when this son of yours who has squandered your property^(A) with prostitutes^(B) comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’