If they put the guilty brother to death there would not be a son left to inherit the family's possessions. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. Alternate translation: "if they did this, they would be destroying our family's heir" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
Here the woman refers to her only living son as if he were a burning piece of coal. She speaks of the men killing her son as stopping the coal's burning. Alternate translation: "In this way they will kill the only child I have left" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
This refers to a son to carry on the family's name into the next generation. Alternate translation: "no son to preserve our family's name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
"on the earth." This descriptive phrase emphasizes that the family line would not continue on earth after the husband died. "The surface of the earth" refers to the ground on which people walk.