Deuteronomy 21:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, both the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated,

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  • Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon.
  • 1 Sam 1:4-5 : 4 And on a day, when Elkanah sacrificed, he gaue to Peninnah his wife and to all her sonnes and daughters portions, 5 But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hannah, and the Lorde had made her barren.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Iaakob loued Rahel, and sayde, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for Rahel thy yonger daughter.
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 And Iaakob serued seuen yeres for Rahel, and they seemed vnto him but a few dayes, because he loued her.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo. 31 When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.

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  • Deut 21:16-18
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    90%

    16Then when the time commeth, that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne:

    17But he shall acknowledge the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and giue him double portion of all that he hath: for hee is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne.

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

    14And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

  • Exod 21:7-11
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    76%

    7Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.

    8If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

    9But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

    10If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

  • Exod 21:3-5
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    3If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

    4If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.

    5But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

    3And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

  • Matt 22:25-26
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    73%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

    26Likewise also the second, and the third, vnto the seuenth.

  • Deut 21:14
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    14And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

  • Luke 20:29-30
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    29Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

    30And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse.

  • Deut 25:5-7
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    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye & haue no sonne, the wife of the dead shall not marry without: that is, vnto a stranger, but his kinseman shall goe in vnto her, and take her to wife, and doe the kinsemans office to her.

    6And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

    7And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21So the man that taketh his brothers wife, committeth filthines, because he hath vncouered his brothers shame: they shalbe childles.

  • Lev 20:14
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    14Likewise he that taketh a wife and her mother, committeth wickednesse: they shal burne him and them with fire, that there be no wickednes among you.

  • Mark 12:20-21
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    71%

    20There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

    21Then the seconde tooke her, and he died, neither did he yet leaue issue, & the third likewise:

  • Deut 22:16
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    16And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:

  • Ezek 23:2
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    2Sonne of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, & for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
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    6And thine handmayd had two sonnes, & they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

    7And beholde, the whole familie is risen against thine handmayde, and they sayde, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whome hee slewe, that we may destroy the heire also: so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left, and shall not leaue to mine husband neither name nor posteritie vpon the earth.

  • Job 31:10
    70%

    10Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:

  • Deut 28:54
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    54So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you) shalbe grieued at his brother, and at his wife, that lieth in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, which hee hath yet left,

  • Judg 15:2
    70%

    2And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • Exod 22:24
    69%

    24Then shal my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,

  • Num 27:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.

    10And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers brethren.

  • Gen 29:31
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    31When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.

  • Deut 21:11
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    11And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife,

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

  • Exod 21:31
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    31Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.

  • Judg 21:22
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    22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.

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    29This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,

  • Num 5:13
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    13So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

  • Lev 18:18
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    18Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

  • Jer 16:2
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    2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.