Ruth 4:18-22

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The Genealogy of David^(A)

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

Perez was the father of Hezron,^(C)

¹⁹Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,^(D)

²⁰Amminadab the father of Nahshon,^(E)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,^[a]

²¹Salmon the father of Boaz,^(F)

Boaz the father of Obed,

²²Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

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Footnotes

Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma

1 Chronicles 2:1-15

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Israel’s Sons^(A)

2 These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah^(B)

To Hezron’s Sons

³The sons of Judah:^(C)

Er, Onan and Shelah.^(D) These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.^(E) Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.^(F) ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law^(G) Tamar^(H) bore Perez^(I) and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:^(J)

Hezron^(K) and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda^[a]—five in all.

⁷The son of Karmi:

Achar,^[b]^(L) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.^[c]^(M)

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron^(N) were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.^[d]

From Ram Son of Hezron

¹⁰Ram^(O) was the father of

Amminadab^(P), and Amminadab the father of Nahshon,^(Q) the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,^[e] Salmon the father of Boaz, ¹²Boaz^(R) the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.^(S)

¹³Jesse^(T) was the father of

Eliab^(U) his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, ¹⁴the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, ¹⁵the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.

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Footnotes

1 Chronicles 2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara
1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua.
1 Chronicles 2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Chronicles 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb
1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma