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.

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,(A) the father of David.(B)

The Genealogy of David(C)

18 This, then, is the family line of Perez(D):

Perez was the father of Hezron,(E)

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