Deu 21:15-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | “If a man has two wives , the one loved and the other unloved , and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons , and the firstborn son belongs to the unloved ,

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and ^athe other ^{▼▼Or scorned; lit hated}unloved, and both the loved and the ^{▼▼Or scorned; lit hated}unloved have borne him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the ^{▼▼Or scorned; lit hated}unloved, 16 then it shall be on the day that he wills what he owns as an inheritance to his sons, he is not allowed to treat the son of the loved wife as the firstborn, ^{▼▼Lit against the face of}at the expense of the son of the ^{▼▼See note v 15}unloved, who actually is the firstborn son. 17 On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the ^{▼▼See note v 15}unloved wife, by giving him a double ^{▼▼Lit mouthful}portion of everything that ^{▼▼Lit is found with him}he owns, for he was the ^jbeginning of his ^{▼▼I.e., power of procreation}strength; ^lto him belongs the right of the firstborn.