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
That his name
General references
Bible References
The first-born
Genesis 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not 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 you a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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 through his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of this place: you are witnesses this day.
Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
General references
Genesis 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up descendants to your brother.
Matthew 14:4
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
Luke 20:28
Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.