Bible Dictionary: The First Born: Privileges of a Double Portion of Inheritance

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

The First Epistle of St. Peter
... of pagan converts to the prerogatives and privileges of God's ... By this we have been
born anew ... Our first birth ends in physical death; this regeneration issues in ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the first epistle of st.htm

An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of ...
... little after, he is called, "the first-born from the ... they who are least able, will
first adventure to ... how far our outward and worldly privileges go, especially ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/an exposition on the first.htm

They Shall be Called the Children of God
... is revealed in the Holy Scriptures, this is not the faith which privileges us in
son ... enter into the kingdom of God' (John 3:5). We must first be born of the ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/19 they shall be called.htm

Peter Stood Up.
... inclined to give up the lately won privileges of his ... Remigius baptised the Frankish
chief as first-born of the ... Leo I.; but Zeno, whose influence first made him ...
/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter iii peter stood up.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... CHAPTER I"THE FIRST CHALDAEAN EMPIRE AND THE HYKSOS IN EGYPT. ... It was not the first
time that Elam had audaciously interfered in the affairs of her neighbours. ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Saved by Grace;
... the world began; therefore, that they may partake of all these privileges, they
are saved ... to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. ... FIRST. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/saved by grace.htm

The Fatherhood of God
... We take the first one ... in heaven and earth, and that he has been regenerated or born
again ... to attempt to read the long roll of the Christian's joyous privileges. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the fatherhood of god.htm

The Strait Gate;
... words, I told you, carry in them a double argument for ... have not faith which floweth
from being born of God ... is he that hath part in the first resurrection, on ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the strait gate.htm

Blessing for Blessing
... whom he adopts into his family, who are born again into ... to the praise of his glory,
who first trusted in ... be one with Christ, and know the privileges which come ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/blessing for blessing.htm

Basil -- the Creation of the World
... He was born at Caesarea in 329, and was thoroughly ... the evening and the morning were
the first day." Evening ... It was to give day the privileges of seniority that ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume i/basil the creation of.htm