Thematic Bible: Obliged to contract with a brother's wife who died without seed


Thematic Bible



asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’ Verse ConceptsOffspringConceptionLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDyingDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanWifeDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathA Good Husbandspouse

“When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture