Verse 7

Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

Referenced Verses

• Num 35:19 : 19 The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
• Gen 4:14 : 14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
• Gen 27:45 : 45 Stay there until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
• Deut 19:12-13 : 12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die. 13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
• Deut 25:6 : 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.
• 2 Sam 12:17 : 17 The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.