Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. He slept with her, and Yahweh allowed her to become pregnant, and she bore a son.
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Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to Yahweh for his wife because she was childless, and Yahweh answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:2Jacob's anger burned against Rachel. He said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
Genesis 33:5When Esau looked up, he saw the women and the children. He said, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
Ruth 4:12May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that Yahweh will give you with this young woman.”
1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread; 1 those who were hungry have stopped being hungry. 1 Even the barren one gives birth to seven, 1 but the woman who has many children languishes. 1
Psalms 127:3See, children are a heritage from Yahweh, 1 and the fruit of the womb is a reward from him. 1
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 →