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 firstborn son be hers who was hated;

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 29:33 : 33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
  • 1 Sam 1:4-5 : 4 When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
  • Gen 29:20 : 20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.