and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father. ”
The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
Uz his firstborn , Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn . I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me. ”
His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" I have answered, "I am your son, your firstborn , Esau."
Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn .
The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn ), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn , and her name was Tamar.
But Er, Judah's firstborn , was wicked in the sight of the Lord , and the Lord put him to death.
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," I said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.
Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn ,
And
Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim,
who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh,
crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn ).
And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn , put your right hand on his head. ”
“Reuben, you are my firstborn , my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord , Israel is my firstborn son,
and I say to you, "Let my son go that he may serve me." If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son. '”
[ The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron ] These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.
and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord .
[ The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn ] At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the Firstborn of the livestock.
[ Consecration of the Firstborn ] The Lord said to Moses,
“Consecrate to me all the firstborn . Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine. ”
you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord 's.
Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. '
“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.
“But a firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord , no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord 's.
The people of Reuben, Israel's firstborn ,
their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old
and upward, all who were able to go to war:
These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn , and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,
for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the Lord . ”
[ Redemption of the Firstborn ] And the Lord said to Moses, “List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.
And you shall take the Levites for me — I am the Lord — installed of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel. ”
So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.
And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.
“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord .
And as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,
From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,
and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.
Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord , shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;
while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn , whom the Lord had struck down among them. On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.
and
there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your
tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your
freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of
your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow,
or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present,
And before the Lord your
God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there,
you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil,
and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.
“All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock you shall dedicate to the Lord your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
[ Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn ]
“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both
the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn are belongs to the unloved,
then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn ,
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn , the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
A firstborn bull — he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. ”
Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. “At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”
Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, Gilead and Bashan Were allotted, Because I was a man of war.
So he said to Jether his firstborn , "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man.
The name of his firstborn are was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of His two daughters These Were: the name of the firstborn was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn , and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;
In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. I have laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn , and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord , which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn , was evil in the sight of the Lord , and he put him to death.
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn , Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn , Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn , who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: Hebron.
These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
[ Descendants of David ] These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn , Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite,
The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn , the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
[ Descendants of Reuben ] The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn ,
but because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to
the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled
as the oldest are;
the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn , the second Abijah.
[ A Genealogy of Saul ] Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn , Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
His firstborn are: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn , Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn , and his sons.
and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.
and his firstborn are Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn , Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn , Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn , his father made him chief),
Their
father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions,
together with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to
Jehoram, because he was the firstborn .
also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks ;
It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
And I will make him the firstborn , the highest of the kings of the earth.
I have struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever;
And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.
With
weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them
back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in
which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim
is my firstborn .
and I defiled them through their very gifts in their offering up all their firstborn , that I might devastate them. I did it that they might know that I am the Lord .
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ”
[ Him Whom They Have Pierced ]
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they
look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as
one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps
over a firstborn .
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
[ The Preeminence of Christ ] He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood