Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
And 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 heaven, and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy 29:20
LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lay upon him, and LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his plac
Psalm 9:5
Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou 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
And Judah said to Onan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Matthew 14:4
For John said to him, It is not permitted for thee to have her.
Luke 20:28
saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if any brother dies, having a wife, and this man dies childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.