Ruth 4:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Naomi loved the boy and took good care of him.

Cross References

Ruth 4:15

He will make you happy and take care of you in your old age, because he is the son of your daughter-in-law. And she loves you more than seven sons of your own would love you.

Ruth 4:17

The neighbourhood women named him Obed, but they called him “Naomi's Boy”. When Obed grew up he had a son named Jesse, who later became the father of King David.