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
It was clear to Esau that his father despised the local Canaanite women.
That his name
Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
Deuteronomy 29:20
Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ruth 4:10
In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man's family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this.
Psalm 9:5
You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You erased their names forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
General references
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan: Go sleep with your brother's widow. Fulfill your obligation to her as her husband's brother. That way your brother may have descendants.
Matthew 14:4
For John had said to him: It is not lawful for you to have her.
Luke 20:28
They asked him: Teacher, Moses wrote if a man's brother dies and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his brother.