Deuteronomy 21:15-17
Lexham English Bible
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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- Deuteronomy 21:15 Literally “is to the wife who is hated”
- Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “it will happen”
- Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “over the faces of”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “to give”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “all that is found for him”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the beginning of his strength”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the just claim of the firstborn”
Deuteronomy 21:15-17
Common English Bible
Right of the oldest son
15 Now suppose a man has two wives—one of them loved and the other unloved. Both wives bear children, but the oldest male is the unloved wife’s child. 16 On the day when the man decides what will go to each of his children as an inheritance, he isn’t allowed to treat his loved wife’s son as the oldest male rather than his unloved wife’s son, who is the real oldest male. 17 Instead, he must acknowledge the unloved wife’s son as the oldest male, giving to him two-thirds of everything that he owns, because that son is the earliest produce of his physical power. The oldest male’s rights belong to that son.
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