Verse 15

If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
  • 1 Sam 1:4-5 : 4 And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5 but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.