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Ruth 4:16

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Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.

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Ruth 4:16 in other translations

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

Ruth 4:16 · American Standard Version

Ruth 4:16 in context

  1. 14The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
  2. 15He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
  3. 16Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
  4. 17The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
  5. 18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,