Deuteronomy 21:17

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Cross References

Genesis 49:3

*Re'uven, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

2 Kings 2:9

It happened, when they had gone over, that Eliyahu said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you. Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.

2 Chronicles 21:3

Their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Yehudah: but the kingdom gave he to Yehoram, because he was the firstborn.

Psalm 105:36

He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

Luke 15:12

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.

Deuteronomy 21:16

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

Revelation 3:14

*To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: *The Amein, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things: