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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ruth 4:17 in context
Ruth 4:14–20
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The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
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He 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.”
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Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
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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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Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
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and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
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and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
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