Deuteronomy 21:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ The man must accept the first child, the son of the wife he doesn’t love. The man must give the first son a double share of all his things. Why? Because that child is his first child. The right of the firstborn [130] child belongs to that child.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ but he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge the son of the disliked as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the first issue of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Instead, he must acknowledge the unloved wife’s son as the oldest male, giving to him two-thirds of everything that he owns, because that son is the earliest produce of his physical power. The oldest male’s rights belong to that son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn: and shall give him a double portion of all he hath. For this is the first of his children: and to him are due the first birthrights.

Deuteronomy 21:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, my first son, you are my first child, the first proof of my power as a man. You were the most honored and powerful of all my sons.

2 Kings 2:9

After they crossed the river, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before God takes me away from you?”

2 Chronicles 21:3

Jehoshaphat gave his sons many gifts of silver, gold, and precious things. He also gave them strong fortresses {\cf2\super [242]} in Judah. But Jehoshaphat gave the kingdom to Jehoram because Jehoram was his oldest son.

Psalm 105:36

And then God killed every firstborn {\cf2\super [552]} \par in their country.\par God killed their oldest sons.\par

Luke 15:12

The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me my part of all the things we own!’ So the father divided the wealth with his two sons.

Deuteronomy 21:16

When the man divides his property among his children, he can’t give the son of the wife he loves the things that belong to the firstborn [129] child.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: