Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 47:20

ואלא בכור דקרייה רחמנא

if he also refuses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when the youngest of all has also refused to marry the widow. ');">⁵⁰</span> the elder is approached again!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Now, since the brothers are approached. in the order of seniority. it is obvious that it is always the eldest, not necessarily the firstborn, upon whom the duty of the levirate marriage devolves! ');">⁵¹</span> — [Scripture has designated him] as the firstborn;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 144, n. 3. ');">⁵²</span> as with the firstborn the cause is his birthright, so with the elder brother the cause is his Seniority. Might it be said that when the firstborn performs the duty of the levirate marriage he also takes the inheritance<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of his deceased brother. ');">⁵³</span> but when an ordinary brother performs the duty of the levirate marriage, he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ordinary brother. ');">⁵⁴</span> does not take the inheritance?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of his deceased brother. ');">⁵³</span> Scripture stated, Shall succeed in the name of his brother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 6. ');">⁵⁵</span> and behold he has succeeded!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence any brother who marries the widow is entitled to the inheritance of the deceased. ');">⁵⁶</span> But since the All Merciful called him the firstborn;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not merely 'the elder' or 'the eldest'. ');">⁵⁷</span>

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