Ruth 4:17

And the women her shchenim gave him a name, saying, There is a ben born to Naomi; and they called his name Oved; he is the father of Yishai, the father of Dovid.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

In Context

16And Naomi took the yeled, and laid him in her kheyk (bosom), and became omenet (nurse) unto it.

18Now these are the toldot of Peretz; Peretz fathered Chetzron,

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Cross References

Ruth 4:22And Oved fathered Yishai, and Yishai fathered Dovid. + 4:22 T. N. This genealogy is important not only because it is Dovidʼs, but also because it is Moshiachʼs. See 1Chr 2:4; 3:5 and the genealogy in Mt 1 of Yehoshua/Yeshua Ben Dovid. The sandal exchanged ( Ruth 4:7 ) fell on the genealogical line that would inherit the earth ( Ro 4:13 ), crush Satanʼs head ( Gn 3:15 ), and make the temurah (substitution) to redeem the living and the dead ( Ro 4:25 ), even as Elimelech stood up alive vicariously through his Goel to reclaim the allotted inheritance of his redemption.

Luke 1:58And Elishevaʼs shchenim (neighbors) and krovim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her, and they had much simcha with her.

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 →

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