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Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has 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 is hers who was hated,

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Deuteronomy 21:16
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;

2 Chronicles 11:22
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

Exodus 21:10
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

Leviticus 18:18
“ ‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

2 Chronicles 21:3
Their father gave them great gifts of silver, of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

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Genesis 29:30
He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.

Genesis 29:31
Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Genesis 29:33
She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also.” She named him Simeon.

Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”

Romans 9:13
Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

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