Deuteronomy 25:6

6And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that ahis name may not be blotted out of Israel.

Ruth 1:11

11But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb bthat they may become your husbands?

Ruth 4:10

10Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, cto perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.”
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