New American Standard Bible 1995

Ruth 4:9-22

9Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. 10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so 1that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the 2court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” 11All the people who were in the 3court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home 4like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve 5wealth in Ephrathah and 6become famous in Bethlehem. 12Moreover, may your house be like the house of 7Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the 8offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And 9the Lord 10enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14Then the 11women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the Lord who has not left you without a 12redeemer today, and may his name 13become famous in Israel. 15May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you 14 15and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 16Then Naomi took the child 16and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18Now these are the generations of Perez: 17to Perez 18was born Hezron, 19and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, 20and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, 21and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, 22and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.

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Notes

1. Ruth 4:10 Deut 25:6 ↩
2. Ruth 4:10 Lit gate ↩
3. Ruth 4:11 Lit gate ↩
4. Ruth 4:11 Gen 29:25-30 ↩
5. Ruth 4:11 Or power ↩
6. Ruth 4:11 Lit call the name in ↩
7. Ruth 4:12 Gen 38:29; 46:12; Ruth 4:18 ↩
8. Ruth 4:12 Lit seed ↩
9. Ruth 4:13 Gen 29:31; 33:5 ↩
10. Ruth 4:13 Lit gave her conception ↩
11. Ruth 4:14 Luke 1:58 ↩
12. Ruth 4:14 Or closest relative ↩
13. Ruth 4:14 Lit be called in ↩
14. Ruth 4:15 Lit who ↩
15. Ruth 4:15 Ruth 1:16, 17; 2:11, 12 ↩
16. Ruth 4:16 I.e. as her own ↩
17. Ruth 4:18 Matt 1:3-6 ↩
18. Ruth 4:18 Lit begot, and so through v 22 ↩

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