Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, ¹  and they both ²  bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

A poor person is disliked ¹  even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ¹  and then rejects ²  her,

If the second husband rejects ¹  her and then divorces her, ²  gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,

In the day he divides his inheritance ¹  he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other ²  wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ¹  her.

Then Esau realized ¹  that the Canaanite women ²  were displeasing to ³  his father Isaac.

Certainly ¹  zeal for ²  your house ³  consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. ⁴ 

You have made our neighbors dislike us, ¹  and our enemies insult us.

Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved ¹  wife as firstborn and give him the double portion ²  of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power ³  – to him should go the right of the firstborn.