Deuteronomy 21:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then 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:

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  • 1 Chr 26:10 : 10 And of Hosah of the sonnes of Merari, the sonnes were Shuri the chiefe, and (though he was not the eldest, yet his father made him the chiefe)
  • 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)
  • 2 Chr 21:3 : 3 And their father gaue them great giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with strong cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore, brethre, whatsoeuer things are true, whatsoeuer things are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges are worthie loue, whatsoeuer things are of good report, if there be any vertue, or if there be any praise, thinke on these things,
  • Heb 12:16-17 : 16 Let there be no fornicator, or prophane person as Esau, which for one portion of meate solde his birthright. 17 For ye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he woulde haue inherited the blessing, he was reiected: for he founde no place to repentance, though he sought that blessing with teares.
  • 2 Chr 11:19-22 : 19 Which bare him sonnes Ieush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loued Maakah ye daughter of Absalom aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, and three score concubines, and begate eyght and twentie sonnes, and three score daughters. 22 And Rehoboam made Abiiah the sonne of Maakah the chiefe ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him King.

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  • Deut 21:15
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    15If 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,

  • Deut 21:17-19
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    88%

    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,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth,

  • Deut 25:5-6
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    74%

    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.

  • Exod 21:9-10
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    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.

  • Num 27:8-11
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    8Also thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter.

    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.

    11And if his father haue no brethren, ye shal giue his inheritance vnto his next kinsman of his familie, and he shall possesse it: and this shall be vnto the children of Israel a law of iudgement, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.

  • Gen 29:26
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    26And Laban answered, It is not the maner of this place, to giue the yonger before the elder.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • 1 Chr 5:1-2
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    1The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright.

    2For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)

  • Exod 21:4
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    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.

  • Matt 22:25
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    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.

  • Gen 37:3-4
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    3Nowe Israel loued Ioseph more then all his sonnes, because he begate him in his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours.

    4So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

  • 2 Chr 21:3
    68%

    3And their father gaue them great giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with strong cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.

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    68%

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

  • Gen 48:17-18
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    17But when Ioseph sawe that his father layde his right hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he stayed his fathers hand to remooue it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head.

    18And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

  • Deut 22:16
    68%

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

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 22:13
    68%

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  • Luke 20:29-30
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    30And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse.

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    68%

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    29Thine abundance and thy licour shalt thou not keepe backe. The first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue me.

  • Exod 13:11
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  • Gal 4:30
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  • Ezek 18:14
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    14But if he beget a sonne, that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doeth such like,