Deuteronomy 25:6 “The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so…”

Deuteronomy 25:6

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

American Standard Version

And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Darby Translation

And it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out from Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

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Cross references

“the first-born”

Genesis 28:8–10

Genesis 28:8–10 · BSB

And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

“that his name”

Psalm 9:5 Psalm 109:13 Deuteronomy 9:14 Deuteronomy 29:20 Ruth 4:10–12

Psalm 9:5 · BSB

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

Psalm 109:13 · BSB

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Deuteronomy 9:14 · BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

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

Ruth 4:10–12 · BSB

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…

“brother's wife”

Deuteronomy 21:19 Ruth 4:1–7

Deuteronomy 21:19 · BSB

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,

Ruth 4:1–7 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

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