Matthew 1:2Open English Bible (US)

Ruth 2:11

Boaz replied, “I have heard what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you left your father and mother and your native land to come to a people that you did not know before.

Ruth 4:17

The women of the neighborhood 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.

Ruth 4:18

This is the genealogy of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Esther 2:7

Mordecai had adopted Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, since she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and beautiful; and after her father and mother died, Mordecai raised her as if she was his own daughter.

Psalms 2:7

I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my son, this day I became your father.