Inheritance

How Nave’s arranged it

• Provisions for inheritance under Levirate marriagesGenesis 38:7–11Numbers 36:6–9Deuteronomy 25:5–10Ruth 3:1–8Ruth 4:7–17
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGenesis 15:3Genesis 21:9–11Genesis 24:36Genesis 25:5Genesis 25:6Genesis 48:21Genesis 48:22Numbers 27:6–11Deuteronomy 21:15–171 Kings 21:32 Chronicles 21:3Job 42:15Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 20:21Ecclesiastes 2:18Ecclesiastes 2:19Jeremiah 32:6–8Ezekiel 46:16–18Luke 15:12Luke 15:25–31
• See Will
• See Heir
• FIGURATIVEPsalms 37:29Acts 20:32Acts 26:18Romans 8:16Romans 8:17Ephesians 1:11–14Titus 3:7Hebrews 1:14
• See Firstborn
• See Heir
• See Will

The passages, in Bible order (36)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 15:3

   Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 15:32 voices

   “And Abram said, behold, to me thou hast given no seed,....

   “Let us also consider what recompense he requests from the Lord. He does not ask for riches, as would a greedy person, nor for a long life in this world, as would one who fears death, nor for power. Rather he asks for an heir worthy of his work. "What will you give me?"—he says—"I am about to depart without children." And then he says, "Because you have not given me posterity, a slave born in my house will be my heir." Let everyone learn therefore not to despise marriage.

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2. Genesis 21:9–11

   But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:9–111 voice

   “(Chapter 21, Verse 9) And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she bore to Abraham, playing. What follows, with his son Isaac, is not present in the Hebrew. Therefore, this is interpreted in two ways by the Hebrews: either that she made idols out of play, according to what is written elsewhere: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play (Exodus 32:6); or that she claimed the rights of the firstborn against Isaac, as if he were older, through play and jest.

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3. Genesis 24:36

   My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:361 voice

   “And Sarah, my master's wife,....

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4. Genesis 25:5

   Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 25:51 voice

   “And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. By his last will and testament; not all out of his own hand, while he lived, at least he reserved somewhat for himself, and for gifts to his other children; so his servant declared to the parents and friends of Rebekah, Gen 24:35; wherefore some render the words here "had given" (d); or the sense is, that he had at that time purposed and promised to give all that he had to Isaac, and now he actually did it. (d) נתן "dederat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

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5. Genesis 25:6

   But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 25:61 voice

   “But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham had,....

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6. Genesis 38:7–11

   But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 38:7–112 voices

   “And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord,.... That is, exceedingly wicked, as this phrase signifies, Gen 13:13, was guilty of some very heinous sin, but what is not mentioned; according to the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, it was the same with his brother Onan's, Gen 38:9, which it is suggested he committed, lest his wife should prove with child, and lose her beauty; but if it had been the same with his, it would have been expressed as well as his.

   “Er - was wicked in the sight of the Lord - What this wickedness consisted in we are not told; but the phrase sight of the Lord being added, proves that it was some very great evil. It is worthy of remark that the Hebrew word used to express Er’s wickedness is his own name, the letters reversed. Er ער wicked, רע ra. As if the inspired writer had said, “Er was altogether wicked, a completely abandoned character.”

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7. Genesis 48:21

   Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 48:212 voices

   “And Israel said unto Joseph, behold, I die,....

   “Behold, I die - With what composure is this most awful word expressed! Surely of Jacob it might be now said, “He turns his sight undaunted on the tomb;” for though it is not said that he was full of days, as were Abraham and Isaac, yet he is perfectly willing to bid adieu to earthly things, and lay his body in the grave. Could any person act as the patriarchs did in their last moments, who had no hopes of eternal life, no belief in the immortality of the soul? Impossible!

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8. Genesis 48:22

   And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 48:221 voice

   “(Verse 22.) And I gave ((Or, do)) to you Sicima, the special one, over your brothers, which I received from the hands of the Amorites with my sword and arrow. Sicima, according to Greek and Latin custom, is declined. Otherwise, in Hebrew it is called Sichem, as John the Evangelist also testifies (IV, 5): although erroneously, it is read as Sichar, the error has prevailed: and now it is the city of Neapolis, the city of the Samaritans.

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9. Numbers 27:6–11

   and the LORD answered him,

   ›Commentary on Numbers 27:6–111 voice

   “And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From off the mercy seat, where he consulted him, and from whence he promised to commune with him about any difficult matter that came before him, Exo 25:22, saying; as follows.

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10. Numbers 36:6–9

    This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 36:6–91 voice

    “Now, since the genealogy of Joseph is so traced, Mary also appears virtually to have been of the same tribe as he, since, according to the law of Moses, intermarriages between different tribes were not permitted. For it was commanded to join in marriage with one of the same family and of the same people, so that the inheritance of the race might not be changed from tribe to tribe.

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11. Deuteronomy 21:15–17

    If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:15–171 voice

    “And inasmuch as my discourse took as a proof of its assertion that passage in the Book of Deuteronomy which speaks of the man who had two wives, one beloved and the other hated, you seem to have felt much concern lest any one should suppose this man had taken to himself two souls, which is impossible.

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12. Deuteronomy 25:5–10

    When 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.

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    “If brethren dwell together,....

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13. Ruth 3:1–8

    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

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    “What does Naomi suggest to her daughter-in-law? When Ruth heard her mother-in-law saying, "Our neighbor is a true man," she was reminded of his great kindness and thought to want him [to be] married to her in law, so that she might keep up the …

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14. Ruth 4:7–17

    Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

    ›Commentary on Ruth 4:7–171 voice

    “For, by the law, when a man died, the marriage bond with his wife was passed on to his brother or other male next of kin, in order that the seed of the brother or next of kin might renew the life of the house. And so it was that Ruth, though she was foreign-born, had possessed a husband of the Jewish people who had left a kinsman of near relation.

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15. 1 Kings 21:3

    But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 21:31 voice

    “And Naboth said to Ahab, the Lord forbid it me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. The inheritances of families were not to be alienated to another family, or tribe, nor even to be sold, unless in extreme poverty, and then to return at the year of jubilee, Lev 25:

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16. 2 Chronicles 21:3

    Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

    ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 21:31 voice

    “And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things,....

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