The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: DEU 21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that
which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn
before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
DEU 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the
firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is
the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
DEU 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not
obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when
they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
DEU 21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and
bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his
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