Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,
By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route?
So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years,
Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,
son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,
Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,