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Deuteronomy 21:14-17

14Anditshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961,ifthouhavenodelightחָפַ֣צְתָּcha.Fatz.taH2654inher,thenthou shaltlethergoוְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ֙ve.shi.lach.TahH7971whithershewill;butthou shaltnotsellH4376heratallformoneyבַּכָּ֑סֶףba.Ka.sefH3701, thou shaltnotdealwithherasaslave,becausethou hast humbledher.

15Ifamanלְאִ֜ישׁle.'IshH376havetwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147wivesH802,theoneH259beloved,andtheotherhatedשְׂנוּאָ֔הse.nu.'AhH8130,andtheyhaveborneוְיָֽלְדוּ־ve.yal.du-H3205himchildren,boththebelovedandthehatedוְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑הve.ha.se.nu.'AhH8130;andifthefirst-bornsonH1121beH1961hersthatwasH1961hatedH8130;

16thenitshallbeH1961,inthedayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117thathecausethhissonsבָּנָ֔יוba.NavH1121toinheritהַנְחִיל֣וֹhan.chi.LoH5157thatwhichhehath,thathemaynotmakethesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofthebelovedthefirst-bornbeforethesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofthehatedהַשְּׂנוּאָ֖הha.se.nu.'AhH8130,whoisthefirst-born:

17butheshallacknowledgeיַכִּ֗ירya.KirH5234thefirst-born,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofthehatedהַשְּׂנוּאָ֜הha.se.nu.'AhH8130,bygivingH5414himadoubleportionofallthathehath;forheisthebeginningofhisstrengthH202;therightH4941ofthefirst-bornishis.

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