Ruth 4:17

New English Translation

The neighbor women named him, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse – David’s father!

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.

Ruth 4:18

These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Ruth 4:22

Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.