Ruth 4:15

New American Bible - revised edition

He will restore your life and be the support of your old age, for his mother is the daughter-in-law who loves you. She is worth more to you than seven sons!”

Cross References

Genesis 45:11

I will provide for you there in the five years of famine that lie ahead, so that you and your household and all that are yours will not suffer want.’

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided food for his father and brothers and his father’s whole household, down to the youngest. Joseph’s Land Policy.

Psalm 55:22

Softer than butter is his speech, but war is in his heart. Smoother than oil are his words, but they are unsheathed swords.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who bring ruin, but there are true friends more loyal than a brother.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I am he, even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety.

Ruth 4:16

Naomi took the boy, cradled him against her breast, and cared for him.

1 Samuel 1:8

Elkanah, her husband, would say to her: “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why are you not eating? Why are you so miserable? Am I not better for you than ten sons?” Hannah’s Prayer.

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.