33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

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33 Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am [a]unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” And she called his name [b]Simeon.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:33 Lit. hated
  2. Genesis 29:33 Lit. Heard

15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

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.

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Firstborn Inheritance Rights

15 “If a man has two wives, one loved (A)and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, 16 then it shall be, (B)on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn. 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn (C)by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he (D)is the beginning of his strength; (E)the right of the firstborn is his.

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