Ruth 4:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ Then Naomi held the child tightly in her arms and cared for him. ¹⁷ All around her, friends cried out, “Naomi has a son!” They named the child Obed because he would provide for his grandmother. Obed grew up and became the father of Jesse. Jesse, too, became a father one day, the father of David.

¹⁸ Here is the genealogy of Perez’s family: Perez was Hezron’s father.