46 Bible Verses about Firstborn Sons

And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau thy firstborn. I have done according as thou bade me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And Isaac his father said to him, Who are thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand. And the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

And thou shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says LORD, Israel is my son, my first-born,

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

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.

And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn.

and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,

Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of LORD, and LORD killed him.

The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of LORD, and he killed him.

These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

And he said to Jether his first-born, Up, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword, for he feared because he was yet a youth.

Now the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for, God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands deliberately, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who 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 first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with their father Jacob, Jacob and his sons: The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.

Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, these are the families of Reuben.

And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go

Reuben, the first-born of Israel. The sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born, but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and so the genealogy is not to be reckone

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Canaan begot Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

Uz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,