| Deuteronomy 21:15 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "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, (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | A man might have two wives and love one but not the other. Both wives might have children, and the firstborn son might belong to the wife that the man doesn't love.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: |
| ASV: | If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; |
| BBE: | If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife: |
| DBY: | If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated; |
| ERV: | If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated; |
| JPS: | If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; |
| WBS: | If a man shall have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated: |
| WEB: | If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated; |
| YLT: | 'When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one; |
| Deuteronomy 21:15 Cross References |
| XREF: | Genesis 29:33 Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also." So she named him Simeon. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another {g} hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
(g) This declares that the plurality of wives came from a corrupt affection. |
| WES: | 21:15 Two wives - This practice, though tolerated, is not hereby made lawful; but only provision is made for the children in this case. Hated - Comparatively, that is, less loved. |
| MHC: | 21:15-17 This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons without just cause. The principle in this case as to children, is still binding to parents; they must give children their right without partiality. |
| CONC: | Bear Belongs Beloved Born Borne Child Disliked Firstborn First-born Greatly Hated Hers Love Loved Loves Sons Unloved Wife Wives |
| PREV: | Bear Belongs Beloved Born Borne Child Children Disliked Hated Hers Loved Unloved Wife Wives |
| NEXT: | Bear Belongs Beloved Born Borne Child Children Disliked Hated Hers Loved Unloved Wife Wives |
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