Deuteronomy 21:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one loved and another [a]hated, and they have born him children, both the loved and also the hated: if the firstborn be the son of the hated,
16 Then when the time cometh, that he appointeth his sons to be heirs of that which he hath, he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn [b]before the son of the hated, which is the firstborn:
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and give him [c]double portion for all that he hath: for he is the first of his strength, and to [d]him belongeth the right of firstborn.
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- Deuteronomy 21:15 This declareth that the plurality of wives came of a corrupt affection.
- Deuteronomy 21:16 Or, while the son of the hated liveth.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 As much as to two of the others.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Except he be unworthy, as was Reuben Jacob’s son.
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