Luke 20:29
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There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children.

Luke 20:28
Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:30
And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless.

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There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children.

and died.

Leviticus 20:20 If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children.

Jeremiah 22:30 Thus saith the Lord: Write this man barren, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit upon the throne of David, and have power any more in Juda.

Context
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
28Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother. 29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children. 30And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless.…
Lexicon
Now
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

there were
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

seven
ἑπτὰ (hepta)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2033: Seven. A primary number; seven.

brothers.
ἀδελφοὶ (adelphoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

first [one]
πρῶτος (prōtos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

married
λαβὼν (labōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

a wife,
γυναῖκα (gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

[but] died
ἀπέθανεν (apethanen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.

childless.
ἄτεκνος (ateknos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 815: Childless. Childless.


Additional Translations
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

Therefore there were seven brothers. And the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.

There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,
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