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Ruth 4:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David. "
Ruth 4:22
Verse in Context
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20 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
21 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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Obed
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Boaz Boaz is the father of Obed.
Source: Ruth 4:21
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
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Ruth Ruth is the mother of Obed.
Source: Ruth 4:13; Ruth 4:17
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
Read Ruth 4:13The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Jesse Obed is the father of Jesse.
Source: Ruth 4:22
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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Jesse
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Obed Obed is the father of Jesse.
Source: Ruth 4:22
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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David Jesse is the father of David.
Source: Ruth 4:22
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
Read Ruth 4:22
David
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Jesse Jesse is the father of David.
Source: Ruth 4:22
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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Bathsheba David is the husband of Bathsheba.
Source: 2 Samuel 12:24
David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;
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Solomon David is the father of Solomon.
Source: 2 Samuel 12:24
David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;
Read 2 Samuel 12:24
Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.
From This Chapter
Ruth 4:1
"Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down."
Ruth 4:2
"Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down."
Ruth 4:3
"He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s."
Ruth 4:4
"I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”"
Ruth 4:5
"Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”"
Ruth 4:6
"The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”"
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