Deuteronomy 25:6
25:6 Then
the first son
she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
Ruth 1:11
1:11 But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!
Ruth 4:10
4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property
so the name of the deceased might not disappear
from among his relatives and from his village.
You are witnesses today.”