Ruth 4:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Boaz married Ruth, and the LORD blessed her with a son.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Meanwhile, God had kept Abimelech's wife and slaves from having children. But Abraham prayed, and God let them start having children again.

Genesis 25:21

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the LORD to let her have a child, and the LORD answered his prayer.

Genesis 29:31

The LORD knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.

Genesis 30:2

But Jacob became upset with Rachel and answered, “Don't blame me! I'm not God.”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau noticed the women and children he asked, “Whose children are these?” Jacob answered, “These are the ones the LORD has been kind enough to give to me, your servant.”

Psalm 113:9

When a wife has no children, he blesses her with some, and she is happy. Shout praises to the LORD!

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the LORD.

Ruth 3:11

Don't worry, I'll do what you have asked. You are respected by everyone in town.

Ruth 4:12

May the children you have by this young woman make your family as famous as the family of Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.

1 Samuel 1:27

to give me a child. Here he is! The LORD gave me just what I asked for.

1 Samuel 2:5

People who once had plenty to eat must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread. But you give the hungry more than enough to eat. A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven, but a woman who had many was left with none.