¹⁷ The neighbor women joined the celebration: “A son has been born to Naomi!”^(A) They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

^18 (B)These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,^{(C) 19} Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, ^20 (D)Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salma, ²¹ Salma was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed, ^22 (E)Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

Chapter 2

¹ These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,^{(A) 2} Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.^(B)

Judah. ³ The sons of Judah^[a] were: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bathshua, a Canaanite woman, bore to him. But Judah’s firstborn, Er, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so he took his life.^{(C) 4} Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah, so that he had five sons in all.^(D)

⁵ The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.^{(E) 6} The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.^{(F) 7} The sons of Zimri: Carmi. The sons of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban.^{(G) 8} The sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹ The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.^[b](H)

^10 [c]Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, a prince of the Judahites.^{(I) 11 (J)}Nahshon became the father of Salmah. Salmah became the father of Boaz. ¹² Boaz became the father of Obed. Obed became the father of Jesse. ^13 (K)Jesse became the father of Eliab, his firstborn, of Abinadab, the second son, Shimea, the third,^{(L) 14} Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem, the sixth, and David, the seventh.