Ruth 4:17

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.

Ruth 4:18

Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

1 Samuel 16:1

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself amongst his sons.”

Ruth 4:22

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

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.