Deu 21:15-17 | NASB | e4.org | “ If a man has two wives , the one loved and the other unloved , and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons , if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved ,

‏ Deuteronomy 21:15-17

15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and ^athe other ^{▼▼ Lit hated}unloved, and both the loved and the ^{▼▼ Lit hated}unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the ^{▼▼ Lit hated}unloved, 16 then it shall be in the day he ^{▼▼ Lit makes to inherit}wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the ^{▼▼ Lit hated}unloved, who is the firstborn. 17 “But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the ^{▼▼ Lit hated}unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that ^{▼▼ Lit is found with him}he has, for he is the ⁱbeginning of his strength; ^jto him belongs the right of the firstborn.