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And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.

And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or 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?

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.