Ruth 4:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Boaz took Ruth. When they came together as husband and wife, the Lord enabled her to conceive and she bore a son.

Cross References

Genesis 33:5

Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children and asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “They are the children with whom God has graciously favored your servant.”

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he made her fruitful, while Rachel was barren.

Ruth 3:11

Now rest assured, my daughter, I will do for you whatever you say; all my townspeople know you to be a worthy woman.

Psalm 127:3

Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Psalm 113:9

Gives the childless wife a home, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request.

Ruth 4:12

With the offspring the Lord will give you from this young woman, may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 25:21

Isaac entreated the Lord on behalf of his wife, since she was sterile. The Lord heard his entreaty, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 20:17

Abraham then interceded with God, and God restored health to Abimelech, to his wife, and his maidservants, so that they bore children;