Ruth 4:11

Modern English Version

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of all the Hittites, all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them.”

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:25

And in the morning, behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me?”

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Surely the Lord has looked upon my affliction. Now therefore my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in the city where Naboth lived.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Psalm 132:6

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish woman pulls it down with her hands.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the city gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed and sealed the deed, and summoned witnesses, and weighed the money from him in the balances.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, although you are small among the tribes of Judah, from you will come forth for Me one who will be ruler over Israel. His origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Matthew 2:6

‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are no longer least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a ruler, who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”

Deuteronomy 25:7

If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up his brother’s name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.”

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s wife must come to him in the presence of the elders and remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and answer and say, “So shall it be done to that man who will not build up his brother’s house.”

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelek, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.