Ruth 4:9-22

New International Version

⁹ Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses^(A) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(B) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(C) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(D) Today you are witnesses!^(E)”

¹¹ Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(F) said, “We are witnesses.^(G) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(H) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(I) and be famous in Bethlehem.^{(J) 12} Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,^(K) whom Tamar^(L) bore to Judah.”

Naomi Gains a Son

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

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

The Genealogy of David^(V)

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