Ruth 4:17

A Conservative Version

And the women, her neighbors, 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.

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron,

1 Samuel 16:1

And LORD said to Samuel, How long will thou mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go. I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among

Ruth 4:22

and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse. And he had eight sons, and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.