Deuteronomy 21:16
ContextNET © | 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. |
NIV © | 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. |
NASB © | then it shall be in the day he wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn. |
NLT © | When the man divides the inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves. |
MSG © | at the time he divides the inheritance with his sons he must not treat the son of the loved wife as the firstborn, cutting out the son of the hated wife, who is the actual firstborn. |
BBE © | Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife: |
NRSV © | then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he is not permitted to treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the disliked, who is the firstborn. |
NKJV © | "then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn. |
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NET © | 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. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “when he causes his sons to inherit what is his.” 2 tn Heb “the hated.” |