Deuteronomy 25:6

It shall be that her firstborn [son] will be given the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.

Genesis 28:8-10

So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;

Deuteronomy 9:14

Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

Deuteronomy 29:20

the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

Ruth 4:1-7

Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.

Ruth 4:10-12

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses today.”

Psalm 9:5


You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 109:13


Let his descendants be cut off,
And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

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Summary

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

The first-born

General references

Bible References

The first-born

Genesis 28:8
So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;

That his name

Deuteronomy 9:14
Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
Deuteronomy 29:20
the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ruth 4:10
I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses today.”
Psalm 9:5

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13

Let his descendants be cut off,
And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

General references

Genesis 38:8
Then Judah told Onan, “Go in to your brother’s widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother.”
Matthew 14:4
for John had said to him, “It is not lawful (morally right) for you to have her [living with you as your wife].”
Luke 20:28
and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law that] if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, his brother should marry the wife and raise children for his brother.