Ruth 4:13-22

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Naomi Gains a Son

¹³So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,^(A) and she gave birth to a son.^(B) ¹⁴The women^(C) said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord,^(D) who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.^(E) May he become famous throughout Israel! ¹⁵He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,^(F) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,^(G) has given him birth.”

¹⁶Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. ¹⁷The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,^(H) the father of David.^(I)

The Genealogy of David^(J)

¹⁸This, then, is the family line of Perez^(K):

Perez was the father of Hezron,^(L)

¹⁹Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,^(M)

²⁰Amminadab the father of Nahshon,^(N)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,^[a]

²¹Salmon the father of Boaz,^(O)

Boaz the father of Obed,

²²Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

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Footnotes

Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma