²⁴ They said, “Teacher, Moses said if a married man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and ·have children [^Lraise up offspring/seed] for him [Deut. 25:5]. ²⁵ Once there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died. Since he had no ·children [offspring], his brother married the widow. ²⁶ Then the second brother also died. The same thing happened to the third brother ·and all the other brothers [^Ldown to the seventh].