A midwife is believed to tell us who is the firstborn – but only immediately after birth; his mother is believed for the first seven days of his life; his father is always believed because of “...shall recognize the firstborn.”
A mother of a child born out of wedlock is believed if she says that she cohabited with a person who is genealogically fit.
Art: A Woman with her Baby in her Lap by Pieter de Hooch
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