"Ifa manhastwowives,the onelovedand the otherunloved,and [both] the lovedand the unlovedhave bornehim sons,if the firstbornsonbelongs to the unloved,
Now JacoblovedRachel,so he said,"I will serveyou sevenyearsfor your youngerdaughterRachel."
So Jacobservedsevenyearsfor Racheland they seemedto him but a fewdaysbecause of his lovefor her.
Then she conceivedagainand borea sonand said,"Becausethe LORDhas heardthat I am unloved,He has therefore givenme this[son] also."So she namedhim Simeon.
RehoboamappointedAbijahthe sonof Maacahas headand leaderamong his brothers,for he [intended] to makehim king.
then it shall be in the dayhe willswhathe hasto his sons,he cannotmakethe sonof the lovedthe firstbornbeforethe sonof the unloved,who is the firstborn.
He had twowives:the nameof onewas Hannahand the nameof the otherPeninnah;and Peninnahhadchildren,but Hannahhadnochildren.
