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Ruth 4:17

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The 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.

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Ruth 4:17 in other translations

And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:17 · American Standard Version

Ruth 4:17 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 16Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
  3. 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.
  4. 18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
  5. 19and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,