Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

So then, there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without leaving behind offspring.

There were once seven brothers. The eldest married, but died and left no family;

Now there were seven brethren,.... In a certain family, at a certain place; perhaps at Jerusalem, who were brethren by the father's side; for such only were reckoned so, and such only did this law oblige:
and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed: no child: hence it is clear that the ancient Jews used the word seed, of a single person, as these Sadducees did; though modern ones deny such an use of it in our present controversies with them about the sense of Genesis 3:15; See Gill on Matthew 22:25.