Ruth 4:13

New English Translation

So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 30:2

Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 127:3

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

Ruth 3:11

Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.

Ruth 4:12

May your family become like the family of Perez – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.