First Born, The

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• Luke 2:22 NT

  When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

• Luke 2:23 NT

  (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

• Genesis 49:3 OT

  “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

• Deuteronomy 21:17 OT

  but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

• Micah 6:7 OT

  Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• Zechariah 12:10 OT

  I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve…

• Genesis 25:28 OT

  Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

• Jeremiah 31:9 OT

  They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

• Jeremiah 31:20 OT

  Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.

• Genesis 48:13 OT

  Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near to him.

• Genesis 48:14 OT

  Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

• Genesis 27:29 OT

  Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

• 1 Samuel 20:29 OT

  He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s…

• Genesis 27:4 OT

  Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

• Genesis 27:35 OT

  He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

• 2 Chronicles 21:3 OT

  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.

• Deuteronomy 25:5 OT

  If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s…

• Deuteronomy 25:6 OT

  It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

• Matthew 22:24-28 NT

  saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left…

• Deuteronomy 21:15 OT

  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,

• Deuteronomy 21:16 OT

  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;

• Genesis 49:4 OT

  Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

• Genesis 49:8 OT

  “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.

• 1 Chronicles 5:1 OT

  The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the…