Deuteronomy 21:16
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Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
In other translations
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961בְּיוֹםbeyomon [the] dayH3117הַנְחִילוֹhanchilocauses to inherit heH5157אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בָּנָיוbanavsons hisH1121אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-[that] whichH834יִהְיֶהyihyehit will belongH1961לוֹloto <the> himלֹאlo'notH3808יוּכַלyukhalhe will be ableH3201לְבַכֵּרlevakerto treat as firstbornH1069אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בֶּן־ben-[the] sonH1121הָאֲהוּבָהha'ahuvahthe loved [one]H157עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121הַשְּׂנוּאָהhasenu'ahthe hated [one]H8130הַבְּכֹר׃habekhorthe firstbornH1060
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