Deuteronomy 21:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ “If a man has two wives, one of them loved and the other disliked, and if both the loved and the disliked have borne him sons, the firstborn being the son of the one who is disliked,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be her's that was hated:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ If a man has two wives, one loved and the other disliked, and they both have borne him children, and if the firstborn son is the son of the one who is disliked,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

Common English Bible

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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,

Deuteronomy 21:15 Cross References

Genesis 29:33

She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also,” and she named him Simeon.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Deuteronomy 21:16

then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is not permitted to treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the firstborn.

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.