Add parallel Print Page Options

16 then it shall be in the day he [a]wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the [b]unloved, who is the firstborn. 17 But he shall recognize the firstborn, the son of the [c]unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that [d]he has, for he is the (A)first of his vigor; (B)the legal judgment for the firstborn belongs to him.

18 “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will (C)not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he will not even listen to them,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:16 Lit makes to inherit
  2. Deuteronomy 21:16 Lit hated
  3. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit hated
  4. Deuteronomy 21:17 Lit is found with him

16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.(A) 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double(B) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.(C) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.(D)

A Rebellious Son

18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious(E) son(F) who does not obey his father and mother(G) and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

Read full chapter