{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1062",
  "lemma": "בְּכוֹרָה",
  "transliteration": "bᵉkôwrâh",
  "definition": "the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture",
  "kjv": "birthright, firstborn(-ling).",
  "occurrences": 14,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בְּכֹרָה n.f. right of first-born"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:4",
      "text": "Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:31",
      "text": "Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:32",
      "text": "Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:33",
      "text": "Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:34",
      "text": "Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:36",
      "text": "He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:33",
      "text": "They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:6",
      "text": "You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:17",
      "text": "You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 14:23",
      "text": "You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=23"
    }
  ],
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