Ruth 4:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The women of the neighbourhood said, ‘A son has been born to Naomi,’ and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a mother to him.

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the family records of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.’

Ruth 4:22

Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite  from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons  and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.