Ruth 4:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;

Ruth 4:22

And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.