Ruth 4:16

So Naomi took the boy, and laid him in her bosom, and she became his nurse.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

In Context

15So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age,—for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

17And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, There is born a son to Naomi,—So they called his name Obed, he, was, the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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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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