Deutéronome 21:16

Darby's French Translation

alors, le jour où il fera hériter à ses fils ce qui est à lui, il ne pourra pas faire premier-né le fils de celle qui est aimée, de préférence au fils de celle qui est haïe, lequel est le premier-né;

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Lorsqu'il partagera à ses enfants ce qu'il aura, il ne pourra pas faire aîné le fils de celle qui est aimée, à la place du fils né le premier de celle qui est haïe.

Louis Segond (1910)
il ne pourra point, quand il partagera son bien entre ses fils, reconnaître comme premier-né le fils de celle qu'il aime, à la place du fils de celle qu'il n'aime pas, et qui est le premier-né.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Lorsque le jour viendra qu'il partagera à ses enfants ce qu'il aura, alors il ne pourra pas faire aîné le fils de celle qui est aimée, préférablement au fils de celle qui est haïe, lequel est né le premier.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Chronicles 5:2, 1 Chronicles 26:10, 2 Chronicles 11:19-22, 2 Chronicles 21:3, Romans 8:29, Philippians 4:8, Hebrews 12:16, Hebrews 12:17

Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:14 - the inheritance Malachi 1:3 - hated Luke 15:12 - give

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath,.... By a will in writing, or byword of mouth, or by a deed of gift, actually bestowing his goods upon them, and dividing among them what he is for the present possessed of; see Luke 15:12,

that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, [which is] indeed the firstborn; that is, when such is the case, that the son of his wife he has the least value for is really his firstborn, he may not, through favour and affection to the wife he loves better, prefer her son, and declare him to be the firstborn, by devising to him or bestowing on him the double portion of his goods; for so to do would not be right, or agreeably to the will and law of God; for though previous to this law the birthright was given to Joseph, the eldest son of Rachel, the most beloved wife of Jacob, before Reuben who was the son of Leah, less beloved by him, and was in fact his firstborn; yet this was owing to the sin of Reuben, and by the appointment of God; see Genesis 49:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses did not originate the rights of primogeniture (compare Genesis 25:31), but recognized them, since he found them pre-existing in the general social system of the East. Paternal authority could set aside these rights on just grounds Genesis 27:33, but it is forbidden here to do so from mere partiality.