Deuteronomy 21:16
then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:
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- 1 Chronicles 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s),
- 1 Chronicles 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),
- 2 Chronicles 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.