The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, while his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life.

他是亚当和夏娃的第一个儿子(创世纪，4)，他成为了一个土地的耕种者，而他的弟弟亚伯则过着牧人的生活。

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The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, while his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life.

他是亚当和夏娃的第一个儿子(创4)，他成为了一个土地的耕种者，而他的弟弟亚伯则过着牧人的生活。

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It regulates the principles of succession according to the caste system, emphasizes the preference of the legitimate sons and the first-born son.

它既反映了种姓继承原则，也规定了嫡生子优先继承原则和长子优先继承原则。

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The Ottoman dynasty did not observe primogeniture (the right of the first-born son to the throne), so in principle the throne was available to any imperial son.

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None of this seemed to be in Mr Dube's future when he was born, the sickly first son of a single mother on a run-down farm in East Transvaal.

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The explanation for this pattern in India is that couples welcome a first-born of either sex, but if she is a daughter, then some ensure the second child is a son.

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