Ruth 4:17Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
The women of the neighbourhood gave him a name, saying, ‘A son is born to Naomi!’ They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.
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His name was Elimelech and his wife’s was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. After they had been living in Moab for some time,
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So they journeyed on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival stirred the whole town, and the women said, ‘Can this be Naomi?’
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Now Naomi was related through her husband to a very wealthy man of the family of Elimelech named Boaz.
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When she rose to glean, Boaz gave this order to his young men: ‘Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not disturb her.