Deuteronomy 21:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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:

Cross References

Genesis 29:33

And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me. And she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Genesis 29:18

And Jacob being in love with her said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Deuteronomy 21:16

And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated:

1 Samuel 1:2

And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.

2 Chronicles 11:22

But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha, to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,