Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died without [having any] children.
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;
Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless.
And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.