Ruth 4 Cross References - LXX2012

¹ And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down. ² And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you⌃ here; and they sat down. ³ And Booz said to the relative, [The matter regards] the portion of the field which was our brother Elimelech's which was given to Noemin, now returning out of the land of Moab; ⁴ and I said, I will inform you, saying, Buy it before those that sit, and before the elders of my people: if you will redeem it, redeem it, but if you will not redeem it, tell me, and I shall know; for there is no one beside you to do the office of a kinsman, and I am after you: and he said, I am [here], I will redeem it. ⁵ And Booz said, In the day of your buying the field of the hand of Noemin and of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the deceased, you must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. ⁶ And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do you redeem my right for yourself, for I shall not be able to redeem [it]. ⁷ And this [was] in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in Israel. ⁸ And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for yourself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him. ⁹ And Booz said to the elders and to all the people, You⌃ [are] this day witnesses, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, of the hand of Noemin. ¹⁰ Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brethren, and from the tribe of his people: you⌃ [are] this day witnesses. ¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate said, [We are] witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make your wife who goes into your house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both [together] built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name [to you] in Bethleem. ¹² And let your house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this handmaid. ¹³ And Booz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. ¹⁴ And the woman said to Noemin, Blessed [is] the Lord, who has not suffered a redeemer to fail you this day, even to make your name famous in Israel. ¹⁵ And he shall be to you a restorer of your soul, and one to cherish your old age; for your daughter-in-law which has loved you, who is better to you than seven sons, has born him. ¹⁶ And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it. ¹⁷ And the neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Noemin; and they called his name Obed; this [is] the father of Jessae the father of David. ¹⁸ And these [are] the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom: ¹⁹ Esrom begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab. ²⁰ And Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon. ²¹ And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed. ²² And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David.

¹⁸ You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in [your] tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

⁵ then shall you bring out that man, or that woman, and you⌃ shall stone them with stones, and they shall die.

¹⁹ then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused.

¹² And now I am truly akin to you; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.

⁷ When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.

²¹ if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:

¹ You⌃ that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go [and] buy; and eat [and drink] wine and fat without money or price.

¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech. ¹¹ Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you⌃ have received of them choice gifts; you⌃ have built polished houses, but you⌃ shall not dwell in them; you⌃ have planted desirable vineyards, but you⌃ shall not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates.

¹⁵ We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore you⌃ judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

⁶ Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord,

²¹ And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens. ²² And they shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you.

⁸ If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

¹⁰ You⌃ all stand today before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

²⁸ Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

⁸ And the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not, and consent not.

²³ And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.

¹⁴ And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.

⁵ Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places,

¹⁰ A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.

¹⁸ to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.

²⁵ And if your brother who is with you be poor, and should have sold [part] of his possession, and his kinsman who is near to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold. ²⁶ And if one have no near kinsman, and he prosper with his hand, and he find sufficient money, [even] his ransom; ²⁷ then shall he calculate the years of his sale, and he shall give what is due to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession. ²⁸ But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession. ²⁹ And if any one should sell an inhabited house in a walled city, then there shall be the ransom of it, until [the time] is fulfilled: its time of ransom shall be a full year.

²⁵ and all the kings of Aelam, and all the kings of the Persians,

⁸ And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to your brother.

⁵ And if brethren should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out [of the family] to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her. ⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

¹² And now I am truly akin to you; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I. ¹³ Lodge [here] for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to you, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, I will do the kinsman's part to you, [as] the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

²⁵ And if your brother who is with you be poor, and should have sold [part] of his possession, and his kinsman who is near to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold.

¹³ Lodge [here] for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to you, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, I will do the kinsman's part to you, [as] the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her: ⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed.

¹⁶ And Abraam listened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants. ¹⁷ And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure in its borders round about, were made sure ¹⁸ to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel. ¹⁹ And Laban said to him, [It is] better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.

²⁷ Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to you her also in return for your labor, which you labor with me, yet seven other years.

⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

⁹ And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what will you do [for] your great name?

¹⁶ They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

²² He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. [He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.]

¹⁴ Fathers divide house and substance to [their] children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

¹⁰ Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.

² And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias. ³ And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.

¹⁹ Your seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shall you by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall your name perish before me.

² So I hired [her] to myself for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.

¹² And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.

² And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, [that] I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from off the land, and there shall be no longer [any] remembrance of them: and I will cut off the false prophets and the evil spirit from the land.

¹⁴ Yet you⌃ said, Therefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you has forsaken, and [yet] she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, You are our sister; become you thousands of myriads, and let your seed possess the cities of their enemies.

³² And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

¹⁶ [[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,]] and it came to pass when he drew near to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labor. ¹⁷ And it came to pass in her hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for you shall also have this son. ¹⁸ And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem. ²⁰ And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob—Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob, Ruben. ⁹ And the sons of Ruben; Enoch, and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi. ¹⁰ and the sons of Symeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Aod, and Achin, and Saar, and Saul, the son of a Chananitish woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi; Gerson, Cath, and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. ¹³ And the sons of Phares [were] Esron, and Jemuel. And the sons of Issachar; Thola, and Phua, and Asum, and Sambran. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zabulun, Sered, and Allon, and Achoel. ¹⁵ These [are] the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad; Saphon, and Angis, and Sannis, and Thasoban, and Aedis, and Aroedis, and Areelis. ¹⁷ And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil. ¹⁸ These [are] the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls. ¹⁹ And the sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin. ²⁰ And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, [even] Manasses and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasses, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, [even] Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasses; Sutalaam, and Taam. And the sons of Sutalaam; Edom. ²¹ and the sons of Benjamin; Bala, and Bochor, and Asbel. And the sons of Bala were Gera, and Noeman, and Anchis, and Ros, and Mamphim. And Gera begot Arad. ²² These [are] the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen. ²³ And the sons of Dan; Asom. ²⁴ And the sons of Nephthalim; Asiel, and Goni, and Issaar, and Sollem. ²⁵ These [are] the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven. ²⁶ And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, [even] all the souls were sixty-six. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls.

¹ And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying, ² Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their lineage, every one that goes forth to battle in Israel. ³ And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying, ⁴ [This is the numbering] from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt [are as follows]: ⁵ Ruben [was] the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Ruben, Enoch, and the family of Enoch; to Phallu belongs the family of the Phalluites. ⁶ To Asron, the family of Asroni: to Charmi, the family of Charmi. ⁷ These [are] the families of Ruben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the sons of Phallu [were] Eliab, — ⁹ and the sons of Eliab, Namuel, and Dathan, and Abiron: these [are] renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Core, in the rebellion against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign. ¹¹ But the sons of Core died not. ¹² And the sons of Symeon:—the family of the sons of Symeon: to Namuel, [belonged] the family of the Namuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to Jachin the family of the Jachinites. ¹³ To Zara the family of the Zaraites; to Saul the family of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These [are] the families of Symeon according to their numbering, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁵ And the sons of Juda, Er and Aunan; and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. ¹⁶ And these were the sons of Juda, according to their families: to Selom [belonged] the family of the Selonites; to Phares, the family of the Pharesites; to Zara, the family of the Zaraites. ¹⁷ And the sons of Phares were, to Asron, the family of the Asronites; to Jamun, the family of the Jamunites. ¹⁸ These [are] the families of Juda according to their numbering, seventy-six thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹ And the sons of Issachar according to their families: to Thola, the family of the Tholaites; to Phua, the family of the Phuaites. ²⁰ To Jasub, the family of the Jasubites; to Samram, the family of the Samramites. ²¹ These [are] the families of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. ²² The sons of Zabulon according to their families: to Sared, the family of the Saredites; to Allon, the family of the Allonites; to Allel, the family of the Allelites. ²³ These [are] the families of Zabulon according to their numbering, sixty thousand and five hundred. ²⁴ The sons of Gad according to their families: to Saphon, the family of the Saphonites; to Angi, the family of the Angites; to Suni, the family of the Sunites; ²⁵ to Azeni, the family of the Azenites; to Addi, the family of the Addites: ²⁶ to Aroadi, the family of the Aroadites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites. ²⁷ These [are] the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering, forty-four thousand and five hundred. ²⁸ The sons of Aser according to their families; to Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; to Jesu, the family of the Jesusites; to Baria, the family of the Bariaites. ²⁹ To Chober, the family of the Choberites; to Melchiel, the family of the Melchielites. ³⁰ And the name of the daughter of Aser, Sara. ³¹ These [are] the families of Aser according to their numbering, forty-three thousand and four hundred. ³² The sons of Joseph according to their families, Manasse and Ephraim. ³³ The sons of Manasse. To Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Galaad: to Galaad, the family of the Galaadites. ³⁴ And these [are] the sons of Galaad; to Achiezer, the family of the Achiezerites; to Cheleg, the family of the Chelegites. ³⁵ To Esriel, the family of the Esrielites; to Sychem, the family of the Sychemites. ³⁶ To Symaer, the family of the Symaerites; and to Opher, the family of the Opherites. ³⁷ And to Salpaad the son of Opher there were no sons, but daughters: and these [were] the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Mala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. ³⁸ These [are] the families of Manasse according to their numbering, fifty-two thousand and seven hundred. ³⁹ And these [are] the children of Ephraim; to Suthala, the family of the Suthalanites; to Tanach, the family of the Tanachites. ⁴⁰ These [are] the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites. ⁴¹ These [are] the families of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand and five hundred: these [are] the families of the children of Joseph according to their families. ⁴² The sons of Benjamin according to their families; to Bale, the family of the Balites; to Asyber, the family of the Asyberites; to Jachiran, the family of the Jachiranites. ⁴³ To Sophan, the family of the Sophanites. ⁴⁴ And the sons of Bale were Adar and Noeman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Noeman, the family of the Noemanites. ⁴⁵ These [are] the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering, thirty-five thousand and five hundred. ⁴⁶ And the sons of Dan according to their families; to Same, the family of the Sameites; these [are] the families of Dan according to their families. ⁴⁷ All the families of Samei according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Nephthali according to their families; to Asiel, the family of the Asielites; to Gauni, the family of the Gaunites. ⁴⁹ To Jeser, the family of the Jeserites; to Sellem, the family of the Sellemites. ⁵⁰ These [are] the families of Nephthali, according to their numbering, forty thousand and three hundred. ⁵¹ This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³ To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names. ⁵⁴ To the greater number you shall give the greater inheritance, and to the less number you shall give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given. ⁵⁵ The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. ⁵⁶ You shall divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few. ⁵⁷ And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gedson, the family of the Gedsonites; to Caath, the family of the Caathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These [are] the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Lobenites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Coreites, and the family of the Musites; and Caath begot Amram. ⁵⁹ And the name of his wife [was] Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶² And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. ⁶³ And this [is] the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom, [even] the children of Israel, they numbered in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue.

⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.

² And the man's name [was] Elimelech, and his wife's name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.

³ Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table. ⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless you out of Sion; and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

³ The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity. ⁴ The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners. ⁵ Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back. ⁶ Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

¹ Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands.

² And you, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be [reckoned] among the thousands of Juda; [yet] out of you shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, [even] from eternity.

²⁹ And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of you? and she called his name, Phares.

¹² And the sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan.

²⁰ To Jasub, the family of the Jasubites; to Samram, the family of the Samramites. ²¹ These [are] the families of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. ²² The sons of Zabulon according to their families: to Sared, the family of the Saredites; to Allon, the family of the Allonites; to Allel, the family of the Allelites.

¹⁸ And these [are] the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom:

²⁰ And Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to you seed of this woman, in return for the loan which you have lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five.

¹⁷ And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.

²¹ And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

³¹ And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

² And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?

²² And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and he opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.

⁵ And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to you? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant.

¹¹ And now fear not, my daughter, whatever you shall say I will do to you; for all the tribe of my people knows that you are a virtuous woman.

¹² And let your house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this handmaid.

²⁷ For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

⁵ They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

³ Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table.

² And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.

²⁷ and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.

³⁵ And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Juda; and ceased bearing.

²¹ And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed. ²² And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David.

¹ (35) [A Psalm] of David. Judge you, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me. ² Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help. ³ Bring forth a sword, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation.

¹ (104) [A Psalm] of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you have clothed yourself with praise and honor: ² who do robe yourself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain.

¹ And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root: ² and the Spirit of God shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill him; ³ the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report: ⁴ but he shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the word of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he destroy the ungodly one.

¹¹ And I will nourish you there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest you be consumed, and your sons, and all your possessions.

¹² And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave you, or to return from following you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people [shall be] my people, and your God my God. ¹⁷ And wherever you die, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, [if I leave you], for death [only] shall divide between me and you. ¹⁸ And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.

¹¹ And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how you have dealt with your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; and how you did leave your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people whom you knew not before. ¹² The Lord recompense your work; may a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come to trust under his wings.

⁸ And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here [am] I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails you that you weep? and why do you not eat? and why does your heart strike you? [am] I not better to you than ten children?

⁴ I am [he]; and until you⌃ shall have grown old, I am [he]: I bear you, I have made, and I will relieve, I will take up and save you.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five. ⁵ The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel. ⁶ And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, [in] all five. ⁷ And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the sons of Aetham; Azarias,

¹ And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,

⁹ and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb. ¹⁰ And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda.

⁷ Of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab.

¹¹ And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz, ¹² and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae.

¹ And the Lord said to Samuel, How long do you mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and come, I will send you to Jessae, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

¹⁵ Asam the sixth, David the seventh.

¹ And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root: