Ruth 4:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

Cross References

Genesis 45:11

I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age I am he; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Ruth 4:16

Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse.

1 Samuel 1:8

Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.