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10 »In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man’s family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this.«
11 The leaders and the others said: »Yes, we are witnesses. May Jehovah make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
12 »May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring that Jehovah may give you by this young woman.«
13 Boaz took Ruth to be his wife. He slept with her and Jehovah enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.
14 The women said to Naomi: »A blessing on Jehovah. He has not let you be without a near relative. May his name be great in Israel.
15 »He will be a giver of new life to you. He will be your comforter when you are old, because your daughter-in-law, who in her love for you is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.«
16 Naomi took the child in her arms and took care of it.
17 Her neighbor women gave it a name. They said: »Naomi has a child.« They gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron.
19 And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab.
20 And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
21 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.