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Deuteronomy 21:16-18
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Deuteronomy 21:16-18
New English Translation
16 In the day he divides his inheritance[a] he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s[b] son who is actually the firstborn. 17 Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less-loved wife[c] as firstborn and give him the double portion[d] of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power[e]—to him should go the right of the firstborn.
18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,[f]
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- Deuteronomy 21:16 tn Heb “when he causes his sons to inherit what is his.”
- Deuteronomy 21:16 tn Heb “the hated.”
- Deuteronomy 21:17 tn See note on the word “other” in v. 15.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 tn Heb “measure of two.” The Hebrew expression פִּי שְׁנַיִם (pi shenayim) suggests a two-thirds split; that is, the elder gets two parts and the younger one part. Cf. 2 Kgs 2:9; Zech 13:8. The practice is implicit in Isaac’s blessing of Jacob (Gen 25:31-34) and Jacob’s blessing of Ephraim (Gen 48:8-22).
- Deuteronomy 21:17 tn Heb “his generative power” (אוֹן, ʾon; cf. HALOT 22 s.v.). Cf. NAB “the firstfruits of his manhood”; NRSV “the first issue of his virility.”
- Deuteronomy 21:18 tn Heb “and he does not listen to them.”
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