Bible Verses About Order of Birth

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

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

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.