Deuteronomy 21:15
Good News Translation
"Suppose a man has two wives and they both bear him sons, but the first son is not the child of his favorite wife.

New Revised Standard Version
If a man has two wives, one of them loved and the other disliked, and if both the loved and the disliked have borne him sons, the firstborn being the son of the one who is disliked,

New American Bible
If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and if both the loved and the unloved bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife:

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn,

two wives

Genesis 29:18,20,30,31,33 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. . . .

1 Samuel 1:4,5 Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacrifice, and gave to Phenenna, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions: . . .

Context
Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
15If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn,16And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:33
And again she conceived and bore a son, and said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised, he hath given this also to me: and she called his name Simeon.

Deuteronomy 21:16
And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated.

1 Samuel 1:2
And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.

2 Chronicles 11:22
But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,

Deuteronomy 21:14
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