Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse,
Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace.
And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?
Thus it was that Naomi came back with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who accompanied her back from the plateau of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
They married Moabite women, one named Orpah, the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,
Salma was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,