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 when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;
That his name
Deuteronomy 9:14
Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy 29:20
Jehovah will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of Jehovah and His jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie on him, and Jehovah shall blot out his name from under heavens.
Ruth 4:10
And also Ruth of Moab, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, so 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 heathen, 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 to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry 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
saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If anyone's brother dies, having a wife, and if he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.