Deuteronomy 25:6

It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

Genesis 28:8-10

Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.

Deuteronomy 9:14

let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."

Deuteronomy 21:19

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Deuteronomy 29:20

The LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under the sky.

Ruth 4:1-7

Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." He turned aside, and sat down.

Ruth 4:10-12

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."

Psalm 9:5

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 109:13

Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following 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
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.

That his name

Deuteronomy 9:14
let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under the sky.
Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."
Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

General references

Genesis 38:8
Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."
Matthew 14:4
For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Luke 20:28
They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.