Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth home to be his wife. He slept with her and the Lord gave her a baby boy.
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Genesis 25:21Isaac and Rebekah were married for 20 years and they still did not have any children and so Isaac prayed for her. God heard his prayer and later on Rebekah knew she was going to have a baby.
Genesis 30:2Jacob was really angry with Rachel and said, “I am not God! He is the one who has stopped you from having children.”
Genesis 33:5Esau looked at the women and children standing there and said, “Who are all these people with you?” Jacob said, “God has been very good to me! He gave me these wives and children.”
Ruth 4:12Remember your grandfather Perez from a long time ago. He was Tamar and Judah's son. We ask the Lord to give you and your wife a family like Perez had.”
Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:10-13
Ruth Married to Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people… Read the whole commentary →