# בְּכוֹרָה (bekhorah)

Israeli respelling: bekho-rah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1062. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture

King James renderings: birthright, firstborn(-ling).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bekhorah-h1062

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/4) — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
- [Genesis 25:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/31) — And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
- [Genesis 25:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/32) — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
- [Genesis 25:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/33) — And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- [Genesis 25:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/34) — Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthri…
- [Genesis 27:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/36) — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath…
- [Genesis 43:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/33) — And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at a…
- [Deuteronomy 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/6) — And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and…
- [Deuteronomy 12:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/17) — Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock,…
- [Deuteronomy 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/14/23) — And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine,…
- [Deuteronomy 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/17) — 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 beginnin…
- [1 Chronicles 5:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/1) — Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright wa…
- [1 Chronicles 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/2) — For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)