Ruth 4 Cross References - Leeser

¹ But Bo’az went up to the gate, and sat down there; and, behold, the kinsman of whom Bo’az had spoken came passing by; and he said unto him, Turn aside hither, sit down here, such a one. And he turned aside, and sat down. ² And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. ³ And he said unto the kinsman, Na’omi, that is returned out of the field of Moab, hath to sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. ⁴ And I thought to inform thee of it, saying, Buy it before those sitting here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none beside thee to redeem it, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. ⁵ Then said Bo’az, On the day that thou buyest the field out of the hand of Na’omi, thou buyest it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. ⁶ And the kinsman said, I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I injure my own inheritance: redeem thou what I should redeem for thyself; for I am not able to redeem it. ⁷ Now this was formerly the custom in Israel at a redeeming and at an exchanging, to confirm any thing, that a man pulled off his shoe, and gave it to the other; and this was the manner of testimony in Israel. ⁸ Thereupon said the kinsman unto Bo’az, Buy it for thee. And he pulled off his shoe. ⁹ And Bo’az said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Kilyon and Machlon, out of the hand of Na’omi. ¹⁰ And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Machlon, have I obtained for myself as my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. ¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem; ¹² And may thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Thamar bore unto Judah, through the seed which the Lord will give thee of this young woman. ¹³ And Bo’az took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her: and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. ¹⁴ And the women said unto Na’omi, Blessed be the Lord, who hath not allowed to be wanting unto thee a kinsman this day: and may his name become famous in Israel. ¹⁵ And may he be unto thee one who refresheth thy soul, and who nourisheth thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, hath born him, she who is better to thee than seven sons. ¹⁶ And Na’omi took the child, and laid it in her lap, and she became a nurse unto it. ¹⁷ And the neighboring women gave him a name, saying, There hath been a son born unto Na’omi: and they called his name ‘Obed, who is the father of Jesse, the father of David. ¹⁸ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Chezron; ¹⁹ And Chezron begat Ram; and Ram begat ‘Amminadab; ²⁰ And ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon; and Nachshon begat Salmah; ²¹ And Salmon begat Bo’az; and Bo’az begat ‘Obed; ²² And ‘Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

¹⁸ Judges and officers shalt thou appoint unto thyself in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with a just judgment.

⁵ Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who have committed this wicked thing, unto thy gates, the man or the woman, and thou shalt stone them with stones till they die.

¹⁹ Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

⁷ And if the man have no desire to take his sister-in-law: then shall his sister-in-law go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform on me the duty of a husband’s brother.

¹² And now, it is indeed true that I am thy near kinsman; nevertheless, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

⁷ When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat:

²¹ If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:

¹ Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk.

¹⁰ They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and him that speaketh uprightly they abhor. ¹¹ Therefore forasmuch as you tread down upon the poor, and ye take from him onerous contributions of corn: if ye have built houses of hewn stone, ye shall not dwell in them; if ye have planted pleasant vineyards, ye shall not drink their wine. ¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your numerous sins: ye are those that are the adversaries of the just, that take a ransom, and that wrest the cause of the needy in the gate.

¹⁵ Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice firmly in the gate: perhaps the Lord the God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

^{6 (2:10)} Up! up! and flee away from the land of the north saith the Lord; for as the four winds of the heaven have I spread you abroad, saith the Lord.

²¹ Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating their own gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. ²² And let them judge the people at all times; and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shall bear with thee.

⁸ If she please not her master, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.

^{10 (29:9)} Ye are standing this day, all of you, before the Lord your God; your heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

²⁸ Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers; and I will speak in their ears these words, and I will call as witnesses against them the heavens and the earth.

⁸ So she wrote letters in Achab’s name, and sealed them with his seal; and she sent the letters unto the elders and unto the nobles who were in his city, and who dwelt near Naboth.

²³ Well known is in the gates her husband, when he sitteth with the elders of the land.

¹⁴ The elders have ceased from the gate, young men, from their singing.

⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.

¹⁰ Only through presumptuous conduct doth man produce contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

¹⁸ Unto Abraham for a bought possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

²⁵ If thy brother become poor, and sell away some of his possession: then may his nearest of kin come and redeem what his brother hath sold. ²⁶ And if the man have none to redeem it, and he acquire the means, sufficient to be able to redeem it himself: ²⁷ Then let him reckon the years since his sale, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and so shall he return unto his possession. ²⁸ But if his means do not suffice to enable him to restore it to him: then shall that which he hath sold remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of the jubilee; and it shall be freed in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession. ²⁹ And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city: then shall the time of redemption last till the end of the year of his sale; a full year shall his time of redemption last.

⁷ Behold, Chanamel the son of Shallum thy uncle is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thyself my field that is in ‘Anathoth; for unto thee belongeth the right of redemption to buy it. ⁸ And there came to me Chanamel my uncle’s son according to the word of the Lord into the court of the prison, and he said unto me, Buy, I pray thee, my field, that is in ‘Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for to thee belongeth the right of inheritance, and to thee belongeth the redemption, buy it for thyself: then did I know that it was the word of the Lord. ⁹ And I bought the field from Chanamel my uncle’s son, that is in ‘Anathoth; and I weighed out unto him the money, seven shekels, and ten pieces of silver. ¹⁰ And I wrote it in a deed, and sealed it, and had it certified by witnesses, and weighed the money in balances. ¹¹ And I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and that which was open; ¹² And I gave the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriyah, the son of Machseyah, before the eyes of Chanamel my kinsman, and before the eyes of the witnesses that had signed the deed of the purchase, before the eyes of all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the prison.

²⁵ And yet thou hast said unto me, O Lord Eternal, Buy for thyself the field for money, and have it certified by witnesses: while the city is given up into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁸ And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and take her, as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother.

⁵ If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child: then shall the wife of the dead not be married abroad, unto a stranger; her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to himself for wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. ⁶ And it shall be, that the first-born whom she may bear shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead; so that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

¹² And now, it is indeed true that I am thy near kinsman; nevertheless, there is a kinsman nearer than I. ¹³ Remain here this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will redeem thee, well, let him redeem; but if he be not willing to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, as the Lord liveth: lie still until the morning.

²⁵ If thy brother become poor, and sell away some of his possession: then may his nearest of kin come and redeem what his brother hath sold.

¹³ Remain here this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will redeem thee, well, let him redeem; but if he be not willing to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, as the Lord liveth: lie still until the morning.

⁷ And if the man have no desire to take his sister-in-law: then shall his sister-in-law go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform on me the duty of a husband’s brother. ⁸ Then shall the elders of his city call him, and speak unto him; and if he persist, and say, I have no desire to take her: ⁹ Then shall his sister-in-law come nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and pull his shoe from off his foot, and spit out before him, and shall commence and say, Thus shall be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of the barefooted.

¹⁶ And Abraham understood the meaning of Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant. ¹⁷ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about, were made sure ¹⁸ Unto Abraham for a bought possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. ¹⁹ And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.

²⁷ Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

⁶ And it shall be, that the first-born whom she may bear shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead; so that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

⁹ And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

^{16 (34:17)} But the anger of the Lord is against those that do evil, to cut off from the earth their remembrance.

¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory.

²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found happiness, and hath obtained favor from the Lord.

¹⁴ House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but from the Lord cometh an intelligent wife.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value. ¹¹ The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, and he will not see his gain diminish.

² And I was to summon for myself trustworthy witnesses, Uriyah the priest, and Zecharyahu the son of Yeberechyahu. ³ And I came near unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-chash-bas.

¹⁹ And then would have been as the sand thy seed, and the offspring of thy body like the pebbles of the sea-shore; yet shall his name not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

² So I bought me such a one for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a chomer of barley, and half a chomer of barley.

^{12 (12:13)} And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept the flocks.

² And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more: and also the prophets and the unclean spirit will I remove out of the land.

¹⁴ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast indeed dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Beth-el: and there was yet some distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for this child also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, for she died that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹ And so Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lechem. ²⁰ And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: this is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

⁸ And these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: the first-born of Jacob, Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Chanoch, and Pallu, and Chezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zochar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Yob, and Shimron. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Yachleel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphyon, and Chaggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, ‘Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ And the sons of Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beriah, and Serach their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Cheber, and Malkiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And there were born unto Joseph in the land of Egypt Menasseh and Ephraim, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’, the priest of On, bore unto him. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Bela’, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, that were born to Jacob: in all fourteen souls. ²³ And the son of Dan: Chushim. ²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Yachzeel, and Guni, and Yezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, in all seven souls. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were in all sixty and six souls. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, who were born him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.

¹ And it came to pass after the plague, That the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, ² Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by the descent from their fathers, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. ³ And Moses with El’azar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, ⁴ Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt. ⁵ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben, of Chanoch, the family of the Chanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶ Of Chezron, the family of the Chezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the families of the Reubenites; and those that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. ⁹ And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, men called to the assembly, who quarreled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korach, at the time they quarreled against the Lord; ¹⁰ When the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, while that company died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. ¹¹ But the sons of Korach did not die. ¹² The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Yamin, the family of the Yaminites; of Yachin, the family of the Yachinites; ¹³ Of Zerach, the family of the Zarchites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. ¹⁵ The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Chaggi, the family of the Chaggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ¹⁶ Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of ‘Eri, the family of the ‘Erites; ¹⁷ Of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites; ¹⁸ These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹ The sons of Judah were ‘Er and Onan; and ‘Er with Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerach, the family of the Zarchites. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Chezron, the family of the Chezronites; of Chamul, the family of the Chamulites. ²² These are the families of Judah, according to those that were numbered of them, seventy and six thousand and five hundred. ²³ The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola’, the family of the Tola’ites; of Puva, the family of the Punites; ²⁴ Of Yashub, the family of the Yashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, sixty and four thousand and three hundred. ²⁶ The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Yachleel, the family of the Yachleelites. ²⁷ These are the families of the Zebulonites according to those that were numbered of them, sixty thousand and five hundred. ²⁸ The sons of Joseph after their families are Menasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The sons of Menasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gil’ad; of Gil’ad, the family of the Gil’adites. ³⁰ These are the sons of Gil’ad: of I’ezer, the family of the I’ezerites; of Chelek, the family of the Chelkites; ³¹ And of Assriel, the family of the Assrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shichmites; ³² And of Shemida’, the family of the Shemida’ites; and of Chepher, the family of the Chephrites. ³³ And Zelophehad the son of Chepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Machlah, and No’ah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the families of Menasseh; and those that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. ³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelach, the family of the Shuthalchites; of Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tachan, the family of the Tachanites. ³⁶ And these are the sons of Shuthelach: of ‘Eran, the family of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred: these are the sons of Joseph after their families. ³⁸ The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela’, the family of the Bal’ites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Achiram, the family of the Achiramites; ³⁹ Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Chupham, the family of the Chuphamites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela’ were Ard and Na’aman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; and of Na’aman, the family of the Na’amites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. ⁴² These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shucham, the family of the Shuchamites; these are the families of Dan after their families. ⁴³ All the families of the Shuchamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were sixty and four thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁴ The children of Asher after their families: of Yimnah, the family of the Yimnites; of Yishvi, the family of the Yishvites; of Beri’ah, the family of the Beri’ites. ⁴⁵ Of the sons of Beri’ah: of Cheber, the family of the Chebrites; of Malkiel, the family of the Makielites. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serach. ⁴⁷ These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Yachzeel, the family of the Yachzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ Of Yezer, the family of the Yizrites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. ⁵¹ These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand, and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, ⁵³ Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names. ⁵⁴ To the large tribe shalt thou give the more inheritance, and to the small shalt thou give the less inheritance: to each according to those that were numbered thereof shall its inheritance be given. ⁵⁵ Nevertheless, through the lot shall the land be divided: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they obtain their inheritance. ⁵⁶ By the decision of the lot shall the inheritance of each be divided, according as they are many or few. ⁵⁷ And these are those that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershunites: of Kehath, the family of the Kehathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Machlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korchites; and Kehath begat ‘Amran. ⁵⁹ And the name of ‘Amram’s wife was Yochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt; and she bore unto Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And there were born unto Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord. ⁶² And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all the males from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was not given unto them any inheritance among the children of Israel. ⁶³ These are those that were numbered by Moses and Elazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, opposite Jericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not one man of those whom Moses and Aaron the priest had numbered, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness: and there was not left of them one man, save Caleb the son of Yephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

⁹ Then shall his sister-in-law come nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and pull his shoe from off his foot, and spit out before him, and shall commence and say, Thus shall be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

² And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Na’omi, and the name of his two sons Machlon and Kilyon, Ephrathites of Beth-lechem-judah. And they came into the fields of Moab, and remained there.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body. ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with them: they shall not be put to shame, when they do speak with the enemies in the gate.

³ Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table. ⁴ Behold, truly thus shall be blessed the man that feareth the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless thee out of Zion: and see thou the happiness of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ⁶ And see thou thy children’s children: may there be peace upon Israel.

⁶ “Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we met with it in the fields of the forest:

¹ The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

^{2 (5:1)} But thou, Beth-lechem Ephratah, the least though thou be among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from olden times, from most ancient days.

²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! this breach is upon thee: therefore his name was called Perez.

¹² And the sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.

²⁰ And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerach, the family of the Zarchites. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Chezron, the family of the Chezronites; of Chamul, the family of the Chamulites. ²² These are the families of Judah, according to those that were numbered of them, seventy and six thousand and five hundred.

¹⁸ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Chezron;

²⁰ And ‘Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the Lord give thee seed from this woman instead of the loan who is lent to the Lord. And they went back unto his place.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore unto him Perez and Zerach. All the sons of Judah were five.

¹⁷ And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they could bear children.

²¹ And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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

² And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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

⁵ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

¹¹ And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou mayest say will I do for thee; for all the men in the gate of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman.

¹² And may thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Thamar bore unto Judah, through the seed which the Lord will give thee of this young woman.

²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;

⁵ They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease from labor: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.

⁹ He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of her household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

²⁷ And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his mercy and his truth from my master; I being on the way, which the Lord hath led me, to the house of the brethren of my master.

³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.

²¹ And Salmon begat Bo’az; and Bo’az begat ‘Obed; ²² And ‘Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

¹ By David, when he disguised his reason before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. ^(34:2) I will bless the Lord at all times: continually shall his praise be in my mouth. ^{2 (34:3)} My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear it, and be rejoiced. ^{3 (34:4)} Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

¹ Of David. Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and all that is within me, his holy name. ² Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and forget not all his benefits:

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots. ² And there shall rest upon him the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; ³ And he shall be animated by the fear of the Lord; and not after the sight of his eyes shall he judge, and not after the hearing of his ears shall he decide; ⁴ But he shall judge with righteousness the poor, and decide with equity for the suffering ones of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

¹¹ And I will maintain thee there; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

¹² And Joseph supplied his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household, with bread, in proportion to their families.

¹⁶ But Ruth said, Urge me not to leave thee, to return from following thee; for whither thou goest, will I go; and where thou lodgest, will I lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. ¹⁷ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; may the Lord do so to me, and may he so continue, if aught but death shall part me from thee. ¹⁸ When she thus saw that she was persisting to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

¹¹ But Bo’az answered and said unto her, It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou hast forsaken thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not yesterday or the day before. ¹² May the Lord recompense thy work, and may thy reward be complete from the Lord the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to seek shelter.

⁸ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

^{22 (55:23)} Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

²⁴ A man’s many companions are hurtful to him; but there is many a friend that cleaveth closer than a brother.

⁴ And even unto old age I am the same; and even unto the time of hoary hairs will I bear: l have done it, and I will carry you; even I will bear, and deliver you.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore unto him Perez and Zerach. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez: Chezron and Chamul. ⁶ And the sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara’; all of them five. ⁷ And the sons of Carmi: ‘Achar the troubler of Israel, who trespassed against the devoted things. ⁸ And the sons of Ethan: ‘Azaryah.

¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Chezron, and Carmi, and Chur, and Shobal.

⁹ And the sons of Chezron, that were born unto him: Jerachmeel, and Ram, and Kelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begat ‘Amminadab, and ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon, the prince of the children of Judah;

⁷ Of Judah: Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab.

¹¹ And Nachshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Bo’az, ¹² And Bo’az begat ‘Obed, and ‘Obed begat Jesse,

¹ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots.