Ruth 4:11

The English Standar Version

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city,

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them!"

Genesis 29:16

Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:25

And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

Genesis 29:32

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,[3] for she said, "Because the LORD has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me."

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Psalm 132:6

Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

Proverbs 14:1

The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.

Micah 5:2

[3] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

Matthew 2:6

" 'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.' "

Deuteronomy 25:7

And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.'

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.