Deuteronomy 21:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“If a man has two wives, one of them loved and the other disliked, and if both the loved and the disliked have borne him sons, the firstborn being the son of the one who is disliked,

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

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

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 29:33

She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also,” and she named him Simeon.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

Deuteronomy 21:16

then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is not permitted to treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the firstborn.

1 Samuel 1:2

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