Ruth 4:10-22 Moreover, Ruth, the Moabite wife of Mahlon, I have acquired for myself as a wife, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his allotment, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ Moreover, Ruth, the Moabite wife of Mahlon, I have acquired for myself as a wife, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his allotment, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today. ¹¹ All the people in the gate and the elders replied, We are witnesses! And the elders said, May Yahweh grant to the woman who is coming to your house to be like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! Perform ably in Ephrathah, and proclaim a name in Bethlehem!" ¹² May your house become like the house of Perez whom Thamar bore for Judah, from the seed which Yahweh shall give to you from this maiden. ¹³ So Boaz took Ruth; she became his wife, and he came to her. Yahweh granted her pregnancy, and she bore a son. ¹⁴ Then the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh Who has not let your redeemer cease today; may his name be proclaimed in Israel!" ¹⁵ He has become to you the one to restore your soul and to sustain your greyhaired age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, she has borne him, she who is better for you than seven sons. ¹⁶ Then Naomi took the boy and set him to her bosom, and she became like a foster mother to him. ¹⁷ The neighborhood women called a name to him, saying, A son has been born to Naomi! And they called his name Obed. He was the father of Jesse, David's father. ¹⁸ These are the genealogical records of Perez:Perez begot Hezron, ¹⁹ Hezron begot Aram, Aram begot Amminadab, ²⁰ Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon, ²¹ Salmon begot Boaz, Boaz begot Obed, ²² Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.