Verse 17

But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:3 : 3 Ruben my first borne, thou art my myght, & the beginning of my strength, the noblenesse of dignitie, and the noblenesse of power.
• Gen 25:31-34 : 31 And Iacob saide: sell me this day thy byrthryght. 32 Esau sayde: lo, I am at the poynt to dye, and what profite shall this byrthryght do me? 33 Iacob aunswered: sweare to me then this day. And he sware to him, & solde his byrthryght vnto Iacob. 34 Then Iacob gaue Esau bread and pottage of ryse, and he dyd eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: and Esau little regarded his byrthright.
• Gen 25:5-6 : 5 And Abraham gaue al his goodes vnto Isahac: 6 But vnto the sonnes of the concubines whiche Abraham had, he gaue gyftes, and sent them away from Isahac his sonne (whyle he yet lyued) eastwarde vnto the east countrey.
• 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 The sonnes of Ruben, the eldest sonne of Israel (forasmuch as he was the eldest, & had defiled his fathers bedde, his birthright was geuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: Howbeit the genealogie is not reckened after this birthright. 2 For Iuda preuayled aboue his brethren, & of his tribe came the chiefe, and the birthright was geuen to Ioseph.)
• Ps 105:36 : 36 He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence.