Deuteronomy 21:17 Cross References - Geneva

¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and giue him double portion of all that he hath: for hee is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne.

⁵ And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak, ⁶ But vnto the sonnes of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gaue giftes, and sent them away from Izhak his sonne (while he yet liued) Eastward to the East countrey.

³¹ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright. ³² And Esau sayd, Lo, I am almost dead, what is then this birthright to me? ³³ Iaakob then said, Sweare to me euen now. And he sware to him, and solde his birthright vnto Iaakob. ³⁴ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.

³ Reuben mine eldest sonne, thou art my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and the excellencie of power:

¹ The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright. ² For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)

³⁶ He smote also all the first borne in their land, euen the beginning of all their strength.