Deuteronomy 21:15

Modern English Version

If a man has two wives, one beloved and another unloved, and both have borne him children, both the loved one and the unloved one, and if the firstborn son is hers that is unloved,

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

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

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 29:33

She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” Then she called his name Simeon.

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam set Abijah the son of Maacah as chief and head over his brothers for he planned to make him king.

Deuteronomy 21:16

then it must be, when he gives his sons the inheritance which he has, that he may not make the firstborn son of the loved come before the son of the unloved, who was indeed the firstborn.

1 Samuel 1:2

And he had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.