12:21a

Then the second one married the widow: The second oldest brother then married his dead brother’s widow. Some languages distinguish between older brothers and younger brothers. If that is true in your language, you may specify that this brother was younger than the brother who had died.

If your language does not normally use the word second to refer to a brother, you can say:

The next brother married the widow

12:21b

but he also died and left no children: This second brother died also without having any children.

12:21c

And the third did likewise: Then the third oldest brother married the widow but also died without having any children.

If your language does not normally use the word third to refer to a brother, you can say:

And the next brother did likewise.

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