birthright, primogeniture, right of the first-born
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H1062 — בְּכֹרָה
be.kho.rah · birthright · Hebrew/Aramaic
9 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 25:31 · בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖and Jacob saith, ‘Sell to-day thy birthright to me.’Genesis 25:32 · בְּכֹרָֽה׃And Esau saith, ‘Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me—birthright?’Genesis 25:33 · בְּכֹרָת֖וֹand Jacob saith, ‘Swear to me to-day:’ and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;Genesis 25:34 · הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ סand Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.Genesis 27:36 · בְּכֹרָתִ֣יAnd he saith, ‘Is it because one called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;’ he saith also, ‘Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?’Genesis 43:33 · כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹAnd they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;Deuteronomy 21:17 · הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ סBut the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him is the right of the first-born.1 Chronicles 5:1 · בְּכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ · לַבְּכֹרָֽה׃As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel—for he is the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and he is not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,1 Chronicles 5:2 · וְהַבְּכֹרָ֖הfor Judah hath been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright is to Joseph.