Ruth 4:11-13
English Standard Version
11 Then all the people who were (A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, (B)who together (C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (D)Ephrathah and (E)be renowned in Bethlehem, 12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, (F)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because (G)of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
Ruth and Boaz Marry
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, (H)and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
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Ruth 4:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 And all the people who were [a]in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home (A)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve [b]wealth in Ephrathah and [c]become famous in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (B)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the [d]descendants whom the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And (C)the Lord [e]enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
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