## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 216

###### Sifrei Devarim 216:1
[Sifrei Devarim 216:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/216:1)

(דברים כא טז) **וְהָיָה בְּיוֹם הַנְחִילוֹ אֶת בָּנָיו**, בַּיּוֹם מַפִּילִים נַחֲלוֹת וְאֵין מַפִּילִים נַחֲלוֹת בַּלַּיְלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 21:16) "Then it shall be *on the day* that he causes his sons to inherit": Inheritances are adjudicated in the *daytime* and not at night.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:2
[Sifrei Devarim 216:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/216:2)

**אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לוֹ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהַבֵּן נוֹטֵל בָּרָאוּי כְּבַמֻּחְזָק.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"what there shall be to him": We are hereby taught that the son inherits what is anticipated as well as what is on hand.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:3
[Sifrei Devarim 216:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/216:3)

**לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵינוֹ רַשַּׁי לְבַכֵּר. יָכוֹל לֹא יְבַכֵּר, וְאִם בִּכֵּר – יְהֵא מְבֻכָּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר**, הָא אִם בִּכֵּר – אֵינוֹ מְבֻכָּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"he shall not grant primogeniture": We are hereby taught that he is not *permitted* to grant it. I might think that he is not permitted to do so, but if he did so, it stands; it is, therefore, written "he shall not be *able* to grant primogeniture," (the implication being that) if he does, it shall not stand.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:4
[Sifrei Devarim 216:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/216:4)

**אֶת בֶּן הָאֲהוּבָה**, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּצָא רֹאשׁוֹ וְרֻבּוֹ בַּחַיִּים – פּוֹטֵר אֶת הַבָּא אַחֲרָיו מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"… over the face of the son of the hated one": We are hereby taught that if his head or most of it emerged *live* (from the womb), he negates the next birth as a first-born.


###### Sifrei Devarim 216:5
[Sifrei Devarim 216:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/216:5)

**עַל פְּנֵי בֶן הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹר** – אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבֵּן הַבְּכוֹר לַשְּׂנוּאָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"...in disregard of the son of the unloved one who is older": Although the older is of the unloved one.