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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais il reconnaîtra pour premier-né le fils de celle qu'il n'aime pas, et lui donnera sur son bien une portion double; car ce fils est les prémices de sa vigueur, le droit d'aînesse lui appartient.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
οῖς θνητοῖς μισουμένης ἀρετῆς ἀποκυηθέν, ᾧ [ὁ] νόμος ἐστὶν ὡς πρεσβυτάτῳ διπλᾶ δίδοσθαι τὰ πρεσβεῖα (Deut. 21,17). διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡ ἑβδόμη τάξει μὲν ἐπιγέννημά ἐστιν ἑξάδος, δυνάμει δὲ πρεσβυτάτη παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ, μηδὲν διαφέρουσα μονάδος. δηλώσει δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ τῆς κοσμοποιίας…
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