Ruth 4:22
and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
In Context
21and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel: 'How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons.'
1 Chronicles 2:15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.
Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:14-22
The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. ( b. c. 1312.) 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath… Read the whole commentary →