Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know.

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.

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

Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab,

and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,

and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,

and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.