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

17 And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a child born to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 ¶ These now are the generations of (A)[a]Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:18 This genealogy is brought in, to prove that David by succession came of the house of Judah.

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