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

The Line of David

16 Then Naomi took the child and [b]laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 And 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 Lit who
  2. Ruth 4:16 I.e., as her own

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