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OET (OET-LV) if/because they_will_belong to_a_man two_of wives the_one(f) is_loved and_the_one is_hated and_they_gave_birth to_him/it sons the_loved_wife and_the_hated_wife and_it_was the_son the_firstborn to_wife.
OET (OET-RV) If a man has two wives and loves one more than the other, but they’ve both given birth to sons for him but the oldest son is from the wife he dislikes,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical
כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֨יןָ לְאִ֜ישׁ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֗ים הָאַחַ֤ת אֲהוּבָה֙ וְהָאַחַ֣ת שְׂנוּאָ֔ה וְיָֽלְדוּ־ל֣וֹ בָנִ֔ים הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה הַבֵּ֥ן הַבְּכ֖וֹר לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they_are to,a_man two(fd) women/wives the=one(f) loved and,the,one unloved and=they_gave_birth to=him/it children the_loved,[wife] and,the_hated,[wife] and=it_was the,son the,firstborn to,[wife] )
Moses is describing a possible condition in which the events in verse 16 will take place only if a man has two wives and the firstborn son belongs to the wife he does not love. Express this possible condition in a way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves and one whom he does not love, and both have given him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the wife he does not love]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הָאַחַ֤ת אֲהוּבָה֙ וְהָאַחַ֣ת שְׂנוּאָ֔ה
the=one(f) loved and,the,one (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they_are to,a_man two(fd) women/wives the=one(f) loved and,the,one unloved and=they_gave_birth to=him/it children the_loved,[wife] and,the_hated,[wife] and=it_was the,son the,firstborn to,[wife] )
The terms loved and hated are passive verbal forms. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and the man loves one wife more than he loves the other wife]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה הַבֵּ֥ן הַבְּכ֖וֹר לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה
the_loved,[wife] (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they_are to,a_man two(fd) women/wives the=one(f) loved and,the,one unloved and=they_gave_birth to=him/it children the_loved,[wife] and,the_hated,[wife] and=it_was the,son the,firstborn to,[wife] )
Moses is using the adjectives loved and hated as nouns to mean certain kinds of wives. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these adjectives with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [both the wife he loves and the wife he does not love, and if the firstborn son’s mother happens to be the wife he does not love]
OET (OET-LV) if/because they_will_belong to_a_man two_of wives the_one(f) is_loved and_the_one is_hated and_they_gave_birth to_him/it sons the_loved_wife and_the_hated_wife and_it_was the_son the_firstborn to_wife.
OET (OET-RV) If a man has two wives and loves one more than the other, but they’ve both given birth to sons for him but the oldest son is from the wife he dislikes,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.