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Deu 21:15 — If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

two wives		Gen 29:18,20,30,31,33; 1Sa 1:4,5

Correlating Passages

two wives

	Gen 29:18	And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
	Gen 29:20	And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
	Gen 29:30	And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
	Gen 29:31	And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
	Gen 29:33	And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
	1Sa 1:4	And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
	1Sa 1:5	But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 21:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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