Deuteronomy 25:6

Translations

Modern

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And it shall come to pass that the firstborn son that she bears will rise up upon the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

Latin

…et primogenitum ex ea filium nomine illius appellabit, ut non deleatur nomen ejus ex Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Deuteronomy 21:19
…his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
Ruth 4:10–12
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
Genesis 28:8–10
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
Ruth 4:1–7
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Incest Levirate Marriage Levirate Marriage Maccabean Period Marriage, Marriage Customs Ruth, Book of Zerubbabel

Topics

Brother: Brother's Widow--Law Concerning--Levirate Marriage of Inheritance: Provisions for Inheritance Under Levirate Marriages Marriage: Levirate (The Brother Required to Marry a Brother's Widow) The First Born: Privileges of in Case of Death the Next Brother to Raise up Seed To Widow: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Widows: Laws Respecting: when Left Childless, to be Married by Their Husband's

Deuteronomy 25:6

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