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and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
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Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
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And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
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So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
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The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”
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The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
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Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
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These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
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His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
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And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.
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Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”
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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.
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Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,
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And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).
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And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”
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“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
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Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
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and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
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The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.
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and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
