But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Genealogy of David

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,

Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,

Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.