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-# the first ... the second ... the third
+# the second ... the third
 
-These numbers refer to each of the brothers and can be expressed as such. Alternate translation: "the first brother ... the second brother ... the third brother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
+These numbers refer to each of the brothers and can be expressed as such. Alternate translation: "the second brother ... the third brother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
 
-# the first took a wife ... the second took her
+# the second took her
 
-"the first married a woman ... the second married her." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.
+"the second married her." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.
 
 # the third likewise