The firstborn child. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The lot of the firstborn is not necessarily to be envied. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
If my firstborn were a girl, she would be Shannon. From Wordnik.com. [My Baby, By Any Other Name… | Her Bad Mother] Reference
The firstborn were the joy and hope of their families. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)] Reference
A boy, for everyone knew the firstborn should be a boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
BFF wants to know if she should name her firstborn Skipper. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty(ish) Questions (Part II)] Reference
“Your firstborn will be a man-child,” Old Woman replied briskly. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
My firstborn is a son, he thought over and over as he reread Eden's letter. From Wordnik.com. [Honorbound]
She got married when she was 19 and had three sons - her firstborn is my father. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Ave.] Reference
Parents in rural areas have the right to try again for a son if the firstborn is a girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Littlest Outlaws] Reference
My poor firstborn is where I struggle because I’m always learning the stage he’s in for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [» Second Babies are Easier Strocel.com] Reference
I've been stuck in an elevator before, yet I can't say that I had the urge to call my firstborn "stuck-in-an-elevator"!. From Wordnik.com. [Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Bo 5770 - January 22, 2010 ]] Reference
“If my firstborn is a daughter, I will call her by that name,” Phoebe said, touched to the heart, and smiling through tears. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
But in rural areas, where families are still allowed to have a second child if their firstborn is a girl, the story is quite different. From Wordnik.com. [McKinsey Quarterly] Reference
I don’t know, but I now want to name my firstborn Weeb. From Wordnik.com. [More from the Juice « Awful Library Books] Reference
A double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Bible: Darby Translation] Reference
His firstborn was her father’s spiritual and intellectual heir. From Wordnik.com. [Henrietta Szold.] Reference
An only child was thus no less "firstborn" than the first of many. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
"Opening the womb" is there given as the equivalent of "firstborn" (prototokos). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
The father cannot forget that Reuben is his "firstborn," nor all the fine hopes that attached themselves to him. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
This can be shown in passages where the term 'firstborn' is used of the pre-eminent son who was not the eldest, e.g. Psalm. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Isaac Newton was a firstborn, for example, and Adolf Hitler wasn't. From Wordnik.com. [First Born, Later Born] Reference
Ruben the firstborn of Israel: Henoch and Phallu, Hesron and Charmi. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Pharao and his people are threatened with the death of their firstborn. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Will it explain how his firstborn son died-conforming to the Exodus tale of the final plague that afflicted the Egyptians?. From Wordnik.com. [The Tomb Of Brothers] Reference
When our firstborn arrived 18 years ago, her grandparents gave us a movie camera with sound, the precursor to video cameras. From Wordnik.com. [Putting The Camera Away] Reference
Now she and Michael were confronting the impossible: saying hello and goodbye to their firstborn child at the very same time. From Wordnik.com. [A Vast and Sudden Sadness] Reference
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