{"query": "Easton: Birthright", "count": 8, "results": [{"id": "card_n_12032d50c8df", "title": "Easton: Birthright", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and s"}, {"id": "card_n_3b6b2af72c47", "title": "Easton: Esau", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hairy, Rebekah’s first-born twin son (Gen. 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil “pottage” for which he sold his birthright (30, 31)"}, {"id": "card_n_30931ccf98b6", "title": "Easton: Jacob", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nin"}, {"id": "card_c_64626ffbb72c", "title": "Easton: Birthright references Adonijah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Adonijah (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_ef471a04ab5f", "title": "Easton: Birthright references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_e0bde0ed265a", "title": "Easton: Birthright references Levi", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Levi (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_e3f9e0fedcaf", "title": "Easton: Birthright references Reuben", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Reuben (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_c3ca1cb7e6ce", "title": "Easton: First-born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) The “first-born of the poor” signifies the most miserable of the p"}]}