Deuteronomy 21:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

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  • Gen 29:33 : 33 Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.
  • 1 Sam 1:4-5 : 4 And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast: 5 But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years. 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

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    16Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:

    17But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

    18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Deut 22:13-14
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    76%

    13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • Exod 21:7-11
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    7And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

    8If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

    9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

  • Exod 21:3-5
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    3If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

    4If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

    5But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

    2And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

    3And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

  • Matt 22:25-26
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    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

    26In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

  • Deut 21:14
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    14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • Luke 20:29-30
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    29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

    30And the second;

  • Deut 25:5-7
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    5If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

    6Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

    7But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

  • Lev 20:14
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    14And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

  • Mark 12:20-21
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    20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

    21And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

  • Deut 22:16
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    16And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;

  • Ezek 23:2
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    2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:

  • Prov 30:23
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    23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • Job 31:10
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    10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Deut 28:54
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    54That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

  • Judg 15:2
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    2And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Exod 22:24
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    24And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

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    56The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

  • Num 27:9-10
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    9And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

    10And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • Deut 21:11
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    11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • Exod 21:31
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    31If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

  • Judg 21:22
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    22And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

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    2You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.