Deuteronomy 21:16-18

New International Version

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)

A Rebellious Son

¹⁸ If someone has a stubborn and rebellious^(E) son^(F) who does not obey his father and mother^(G) and will not listen to them when they discipline him,