Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

Bible References

Why

Exodus 32:11
And Moses {implored Yahweh} his God, and he said, "Why, Yahweh, should {your anger blaze} against your people whom you brought up from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
Psalm 109:13
Let his descendants be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in [the] next generation.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Give

Joshua 17:4
They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give an inheritance to us among our kinsmen." Therefore, according to the {command of Yahweh} he gave them an inheritance among the kinsmen of their father.