Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIf a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, Young's Literal Translation ‘When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one; King James Bible 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: Hebrew Ifכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a man לְאִ֜ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person has תִהְיֶ֨יןָ (ṯih·ye·nā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be two שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê) Number - fdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) wives, נָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female one הָאַחַ֤ת (hā·’a·ḥaṯ) Article | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first beloved אֲהוּבָה֙ (’ă·hū·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f and the other וְהָאַחַ֣ת (wə·hā·’a·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first unloved, שְׂנוּאָ֔ה (śə·nū·’āh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 8130: To hate and [both] הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה (hā·’ă·hū·ḇāh) Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f bear וְיָֽלְדוּ־ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage him sons, בָנִ֔ים (ḇā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son but the unloved לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃ (laś·śə·nî·’āh) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 8146: Hated, held in aversion wife has וְהָיָ֛ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the firstborn הַבְּכ֖וֹר (hab·bə·ḵō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief son, הַבֵּ֥ן (hab·bên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son |