the firstborn: Genesis 28:8-10
that his name: Deuteronomy 9:14, Deuteronomy 29:20; Ruth 4:10-12; Psalms 9:5, Psalms 109:13, brother's wife, or, next kinsman's wife, go up, Deuteronomy 21:19; Ruth 4:1-7
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Deuteronomy 25:6
Deuteronomy 25:6
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