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Deuteronomy 21:16-18
Lexham English Bible

16 nevertheless it will be the case that[a] on the day of bestowing his inheritance upon his sons, he will not be allowed to treat as the firstborn son the son of the beloved wife in preference to[b] the son of the disliked wife, who is the firstborn son. 17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked wife by giving[c] him a double portion of all that he has,[d] for he is the firstfruit of his vigor;[e] to him is the legal claim of the birthright.[f]

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son[g] who does not listen to[h] the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey[i] them,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “it will happen”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “over the faces of”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “to give”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “all that is found for him”
  5. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the beginning of his strength”
  6. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the just claim of the firstborn”
  7. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “If shall be for a man, a son stubborn and rebellious”
  8. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “and there is no listening/obedience”
  9. Deuteronomy 21:18 Or “listen to”
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