46 Bible Verses about Firstborn Sons

And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau, thy eldest son. I have done according as thou baddest me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me."

Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau."

And as she travailed, the one put out his hand and the midwife took and bound a red thread about it, saying, "This will come out first."

And tell Pharaoh, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Israel is mine eldest son,

They departed from hence in heaviness, but with joy will I bring them hither again. I will lead them by the rivers of water in a straight way, where they shall not stumble: For I will be Israel's father, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.

and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head."

And she brought forth her first begotten son. And wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them within, in the inn.

And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner and Nadab;

And David had children born him in Hebron: his eldest son was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

These are the sons of David which were born him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess. The second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess.

Benjamin begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to battle. And the names of his three sons that went to battle were: Eliab the eldest, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

These were dukes of the sons of Esau. The children of Eliphaz the first son of Esau were these: duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

And Judah gave Er, his eldest son, a wife whose name was Tamar.

But this Er, Judah's eldest son, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; wherefore the LORD slew him.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him.

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrata: Shobal the father of Kiriathjearim;

And Penuel, father of Gedeor; And Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the eldest son of Ephrathah father to Bethlehem.

And the sons of Jerahmeel, the eldest son of Hezron were: Ram, the eldest and Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

And he said unto Jether his eldest son, "Up, and slay them." But the lad drew not his sword, for he feared, because he was yet young.

The name of his eldest son was Joel, and the name of the second Abiah, which were judges in Beersheba.

And the sons of Josiah were: the eldest son Johanan, the second Jehoakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

And the tribe of Manasseh which was the eldest son of Joseph received a lot. And Machir, the eldest son of Manasseh, which was the father of Gilead and a man of war, had Gilead and Bashan.

And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."

And Israel stretched out his righthand and laid it upon Ephraim's head which was the younger, and his lefthand upon Manasseh's head, crossing his hands; for Manasseh was the elder.

And Matiithiah, one of the Levites, the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the oversight of the things that were baken in the frying pan.

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Meshah his eldest son, which was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar.

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, with their names in their kindreds. The eldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

And these are their generations: the eldest son of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam;

And the sons of Ram, the eldest son of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

The sons of Lea: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son.

"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.

These be the heads of their father's houses. The children of Reuben the eldest son of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi, these be the householders of Reuben.

And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, in their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers - when they were numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and above, as many as were able to go forth in war -

Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites;

The sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: for he was the eldest. But because he defied his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and so he is not reckoned unto the birthright.

And Obededom had sons: Shemaiah the eldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth,

And Canaan begat Zidon his eldest son, and Heth,

And the sons of Eshek his brother, were Ulam his eldest, and Jeush the second and Eliphelet the third.

Uz his eldest son and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians,

And the sons of Meshelemiah were these: Zachariah the eldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,