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15 May he also be to you a restorer of your soul and a sustainer of your [a]old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [b](A)and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

The Generations of David

16 Then Naomi took the child [c]and put him on her bosom and became his nurse. 17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:15 Or gray hair
  2. Ruth 4:15 Lit who
  3. Ruth 4:16 As her own