Ruth 4:17
“And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a sonne borne to Naomi, and they called his name Obed: hee is the father of Iesse the father of Dauid.”
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Ruth 4:17 Context
15And he shalbe vnto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law which loueth thee, which is better to thee then seuen sonnes, hath borne him. 16And Naomi tooke the childe, and laid it in her bosome, and became nurse vnto it. 17And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a sonne borne to Naomi, and they called his name Obed: hee is the father of Iesse the father of Dauid. 18¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begate Hezron, 19And Hezron begate Ram, and Ram begate Amminadab,
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And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- King James Version
The 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."
- New American Standard Version (1995)