Deuteronomy 21:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 firstborn son be hers that was hated;

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn:

Deuteronomy 21:15 Cross References

Genesis 29:18

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:20

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Genesis 29:33

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren: for he was minded to make him king.

Deuteronomy 21:16

then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, which is the firstborn:

1 Samuel 1:2

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