Ruth’s family tree: Naomi, Boaz and David

See how Ruth is connected to Naomi and Boaz, and follow the family line through Obed and Jesse to David.

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Mahlon was Ruth’s first husband. After she was widowed, she married Boaz. Their son Obed became the father of Jesse, David’s father. Naomi is shown as Ruth’s mother-in-law, not as Obed’s birth mother.

Bible edition: King James Version

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Obed Obed is the father of Jesse.

Source: Ruth 4:22

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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David Jesse is the father of David.

Source: Ruth 4:22

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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Naomi is the mother-in-law of Ruth.

Source: Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Mahlon is the husband of Ruth.

Source: Ruth 4:10

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.
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Boaz is the husband of Ruth.

Source: Ruth 4:13

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.
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Boaz is the father of Obed.

Source: Ruth 4:21

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
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Ruth is the mother of Obed.

Source: Ruth 4:13; Ruth 4:17

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.
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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.
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Obed is the father of Jesse.

Source: Ruth 4:22

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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Jesse is the father of David.

Source: Ruth 4:22

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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A question to carry into your reading

Ruth’s story includes loss, loyalty and receiving help. As you read, whose act of care stands out to you, and what might that help you notice in your own relationships?

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