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Deuteronomio 21:15

Cuando un hombre tuviere dos mujeres, la una amada y la otra aborrecida, y la amada y la aborrecida le parieren hijos, y el hijo primogénito fuere de la aborrecida;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Birthright;   Children;   Favoritism;   Firstborn;   Heir;   Inheritance;   Polygamy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Birthright;   Hate;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Concubine;   Marriage;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Polygamy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Birthright;   Hatred;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Birthright;   Elijah;   Joseph;   Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adoption;   Birthright;   Esau;   Hammurabi;   Hate, Hatred;   Nuzi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Family;   Firstborn;   Inheritance;   Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hating, Hatred;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - First-Begotten, First-Born,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Concubine;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - First-Born;   Hate;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beloved;   Birthright;   Firstborn;   Hammurabi, the Code of;   Heir;   Inheritance;   Law in the Old Testament;   Relationships, Family;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Birthright;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Agnates;   Allegorical Interpretation;   Ambrose;   Birthright;   Marriage;   Monogamy;   Polygamy;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Si un hombre tiene dos mujeres, una amada y otra aborrecida, y tanto la amada como la aborrecida le han dado hijos, si el primogénito es de la aborrecida,
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y si un hombre tuviere dos esposas, una amada y otra aborrecida, y la amada y la aborrecida le dieren hijos, y el hijo primogénito fuere de la aborrecida;
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Cuando algún varón tuviere dos mujeres, la una amada y la otra aborrecida, y la amada y la aborrecida le hubieren dado a luz hijos, y el hijo primogénito fuere de la aborrecida;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two wives: Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:20, Genesis 29:30, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, 1 Samuel 1:4, 1 Samuel 1:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:1 - hath taken 2 Chronicles 11:22 - made Abijah 2 Chronicles 21:3 - gave them Malachi 1:3 - hated Luke 14:26 - hate Romans 9:13 - hated

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If a man have two wives,.... Which is supposed, but not approved of, though permitted because of the hardness of men's hearts; for it was not so from the beginning, when only one man and one woman were created, and joined together in marriage; but as it was connived at, and become customary, a law is made to prevent confusion, and preserve order in families:

one beloved and another hated; or less loved, yet continued his wife, and not divorced. Aben Ezra observes, this follows upon the former, because it is there said, that though first he had a desire to her (the captive beautiful woman), yet afterwards had no delight in her:

and they have borne him children both, the beloved and the hated; as Rachel and Leah did to Jacob, who were, the one very much beloved by him, and the other less:

and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated; or not so much beloved as the other, as was the case in the above instance.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 21:15. One beloved, and another hated — That is, one loved less than the other. This is the true notion of the word hate in Scripture. So Jacob HATED Leah, that is, he loved her less than he did Rachel; and Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I HATED, that is, I have shown a more particular affection to the posterity of Jacob than I have to the posterity of Esau. Genesis 29:31; Genesis 29:31. From this verse we see that polygamy did exist under the Mosaic laws, and that it was put under certain regulations; but it was not enjoined, Moses merely suffered it, because of the hardness of their hearts, as our Lord justly remarks Matthew 19:8.


 
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