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:
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Gill's Exposition
If a man have two wives,.... Which is supposed, but not approved of, though permitted because of the hardness of men's hearts; for it was not so from the beginning, when only one man and one woman…
Moses did not originate the rights of primogeniture (compare Gen 25:31), but recognized them, since he found them pre-existing in the general social system of the East. Paternal authority could set…
This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons out of mere caprice, and without just provocation.
I. The case here put (Deu 21:15) is very instructive. 1. It shows the great mischief of…
Of the right of the Firstborn
If a man have two sons by different wives, one loved and one hated, and his firstborn is the son of the latter, he must not give the firstborn's double portion to the…
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