Ruth 4 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold when the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by, Boaz said to him, Turn aside and sit down here thou hidden man. So he turned aside, and sat down. ² Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. ³ And when they had taken their seats, Boaz said to the kinsman, With respect to that portion of the field which belonged to our brother Elimelech, and which is given to Noemin, who is returned from the country of Moab, ⁴ I have promised to open thine ear, saying, Purchase it in the presence of these men who are sitting here, even in the presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt do the kinsman's part, do it; but if thou wilt not perform the office of a kinsman, tell me, that I may know; for there is none besides thee to perform the office of a kinsman, except myself, who am next after thee. And he said, I will do the kinsman's part. ⁵ Then Boaz said, On the clay thou purchasest the field of Noemin, thou must purchase it with Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. ⁶ Thereupon the relation said, "I cannot take upon me the office of a kinsman, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take thou upon thyself that office of a kinsman which is my right; for I cannot perform it." ⁷ Now it was the custom heretofore in Israel, in regard to the transfer of the right of consanguinity, in order to give it validity, that the man loosed his sandal, and gave it to his neighbour, who took upon him his right of consanguinity, and this was the evidence in Israel. ⁸ So when the relation said to Boaz, Purchase thou for thyself, what by the law of consanguinity it was my right to purchase, he loosed his sandal, and gave it to him. ⁹ Thereupon Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are this day witnesses that I have purchased all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, at the hand of Noemin; ¹⁰ and that I have purchased Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to be a wife to myself, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance; that the name of the deceased may not be blotted out 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. Then the elders said, The Lord make this thy wife who is coming to thy house, like Rachel and like Leia, who both built up the house of Israel, and laid the foundation of power in Ephratha, that there may be a name in Bethlehem: ¹² And may thy house be like the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, from the seed which the Lord will give thee from this young woman. ¹³ So Boaz 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 Whereupon the women said to Noemin, Blessed be the Lord who hath not left thee this day without a kinsman to make thy name famous in Israel. ¹⁵ He shall be to thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age. For thy daughter in law, who loved thee, hath brought forth a son. She is better to thee than seven sons. ¹⁶ And Noemin took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse, ¹⁷ and the neighbours gave it a name, saying, a son is born to Noemin, and called its name Obed. He was the father of Jessai, the father of David. ¹⁸ Now this is the genealogy of Phares. Phares begot Esrom, ¹⁹ and Esrom begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab; ²⁰ and Aminadab, Naasson; and Naasson, Salmon; ²¹ and Salmon, Boaz; and Boaz, Obed; ²² and Obed, Jessai; and Jessai, David.

² and I will make thee a great nation; and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed;

¹⁷ Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maid servants and they bore children.

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham paid down to Ephron the money which he mentioned in the hearing of the children of Chet, four hundred didrachms of silver current among merchants. ¹⁷ So the field of Ephron including the double cave which is situate before Mambre, the field and the cave in it and all the wood in the field and all within the bounds thereof round about were conveyed ¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet and of all who entered the city.

¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet and of all who entered the city.

²⁷ and said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his kindness and his truth from my master. The Lord hath indeed given me a prosperous journey to the house of my master's brother.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekka and said to her, Thou art our sister. Mayest thou become thousands of myriads and may thy seed inherit the cities of their enemies.

²¹ And Isaak intreated the Lord for Rebekka his wife because she was barren, and the Lord hearkened to him; And Rebekka his wife conceived

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel, therefore he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter. ¹⁹ And Laban said to him, It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man. Abide with me.

²⁷ Finish therefore this one's week, and I will give thee the other for the service which thou mayst perform for me yet other seven years.

³¹ Now when the Lord God saw that Leia was slighted, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leia conceived and bore Jacob a son and called his name Reuben; saying, Because the Lord hath seen my affliction; therefore he hath given me a son. Now therefore my husband will love me.

³⁵ And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now for this also I will praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judas. Then she ceased from bearing.

² And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, Am I in God's stead, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

²² Now God had remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. ²³ And she having conceived bore Jacob a son. Whereupon she said, God hath taken away my reproach. So she called his name Joseph, saying, May God add to me another son.

⁵ And when Esau looked up and saw the women and the children he said, What! Are these thine! To which Jacob replied, These are the children with which God hath favoured thy servant.

¹⁶ And Jacob removed from Baithel and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And when he was near Chabratha on the way to Ephratha, Rachel was taken in labour and had a hard delivery. ¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died and was buried in the race ground of Ephratha, which is Bethlehem. ²⁰ And Jacob erected a pillar over her grave. The same is the pillar of Rachel's grave even to this day.

⁸ Whereupon Judas said to Aunan, Go in unto thy brother's wife and be a husband to her and raise up a seed for thy brother.

²⁹ But when it had drawn back its hand, his brother immediately came forth. Whereupon she said, What! Hath there been a breach made for thee? So she called his name Phares.

¹¹ And I will nourish thee there, [for the famine will continue five years longer] that thou and thy sons and all that belong to thee may not be consumed.

⁸ Now these are the names of Israel's children who went down to Egypt with their father Jacob. Jacob and his Children. The first born of Jacob was Reuben, ⁹ and the sons of Reuben, 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, Kaath and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan and Selom and Phares and Zara but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. And the sons of Phares were Esron and Jemuel.

¹² And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan and Selom and Phares and Zara but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. And the sons of Phares were Esron and Jemuel. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar were Thola and Phua and Asum and Sambran. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zabulon, Sered and Allon and Achoel. ¹⁵ These were the sons of Leia whom she bore to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia with Deina his daughter. All the souls, sons and daughters were thirty three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad; Saphon and Aggis and Sannis and Thasoban and Aodeis and Aroedeis and Areeleis. ¹⁷ And the sons of Aser; Jemna and Jessua and Jeus and Baria with Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobar and Melchiil. ¹⁸ These were the children of Zelpha whom Laban gave to his daughter Leia and she bore them to Jacob. Sixteen souls. ¹⁹ And the children of Rachel the wife of Jacob were Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And to Joseph children were born in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Petephres, the priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, namely, Manasses and Ephraim. And to Manasses, there were sons born, whom his concubine Syra bore to him, namely, Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim the brother of Manasses were Soutalaam and Taam. And the sons of Soutalaam, Edom. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin were Bala and Bochor and Asbel. And to Bala there were sons born, namely, Gera and Noeman and Achis and Ros and Mamphim, and Gera begot Arad. ²² These, were the children of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob. All the souls were eighteen. ²³ And the sons of Dan; Asom. ²⁴ And the sons of Nephthaleim; Asiel and Goni and Issaar and Sellem. ²⁵ These were the children of Balla whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore them to Jacob. All the souls, seven. ²⁶ So all the souls who went with Jacob into Egypt, even all who sprung from him, exclusive of the wives of Jacob's children; All the souls were sixty six. ²⁷ And including the children of Joseph who were born to him in the land of Egypt, being nine, all the souls of Jacob's house who came with Jacob into Egypt were seventy five.

¹² And Joseph supplied his father and his brothers and all his father's household with a certain portion of corn for each person.

²¹ but look out for thyself from among all the people, for able, pious men, men of integrity who hate pride; and set these over them as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens; ²² and let them administer justice to the people on all occasions: and the matter which is too high for them, they shall lay before thee; but causes easily determined they themselves shall decide. Thus they will remove a burden from thee and help thee.

⁸ If she please not her master provided he betrothed her for himself, he shall let her be redeemed; but he is not her master to sell her into another family, because he hath broken covenant with her:

²⁵ And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and sell any part of his possession; when he who is next of kin to him cometh, he shall redeem what his brother hath sold.

²⁵ And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and sell any part of his possession; when he who is next of kin to him cometh, he shall redeem what his brother hath sold. ²⁶ And if any person hath none to redeem, and his own hand hath attained, and found a sufficiency, he shall have the right of redemption. ²⁷ And he shall compute the years of his sale, and pay back what is still due to the man to whom he sold it. So shall he return to his possession. ²⁸ But if his hand cannot attain a sufficiency to repay him, the sale shall be good to him who purchased, until the last sixth year of the jubilee, and in the jubilee, he shall quit, and the seller shall return to his possession. ²⁹ And if any person sell a dwelling house in a walled city, he shall have the right of redeeming it till the term expire. The term for redemption shall be a year.

⁷ of the children of Judas, Naasson, son of Aminadab;

¹ And, after the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, saying, ² Take the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, according to the houses of their families, every one who goeth out to war in Israel. ³ Upon which, orders were issued by Moses, and Eleazar the priest, at Araboth-Moab, on the Jordan over against Jericho, saying, ⁴ From twenty years old and upwards, as the Lord commanded Moses. Now these were the sons of Israel who came out of Egypt. ⁵ Reuben, Israel's first born. and the sons of Reuben, Enoch, and the community of the Enochites; to Phallus belonged the community of the Phalluites; ⁶ to Asron, the community of the Asronites; to Charmi, the community of the Charmites; ⁷ These are the communities of Reuben, and the muster of them was forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ Now of the Phalluites, Eliab was chief, ⁹ and the sons of Eliab were Namuel; and Dathan, and Abiron. These were the head families of the congregation. These were they who conspired against Moses and Aaron, in the company of Kore in the insurrection against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them up with Kore, at the time when his company died; when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign; ¹¹ but the children of Kore died not. ¹² And the children of Symeon were, the community of the Symeonites; from Namuel, the community of the Namuelites; from Jamin, the community of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the community of the Jachinites; ¹³ from Zara, the community of the Zaraites; from Saul, the community of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These communities of Symeon, from the muster of them, were twenty two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵ The children of Gad, by their communities, were; from Saphon, the community of the Saphonites; from Aggi, the community of the Aggites; from Suni, the community of the Sunites; ¹⁶ from Azeni, the community of the Azenites; from Addi, the community of the Addites; ¹⁷ from Aroadi, the community of the Aroadites; from Ariel, the community of the Arielites; ¹⁸ these communities of the children of Gad, from the review of them, were forty thousand five hundred. ¹⁹ And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan, but Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan, ²⁰ so that these were the children of Judas, according to their communities; from Selom, the community of the Selomites; from Phares, the community of the Pharesites; from Zara, the community of the Zaraites.

²⁰ so that these were the children of Judas, according to their communities; from Selom, the community of the Selomites; from Phares, the community of the Pharesites; from Zara, the community of the Zaraites. ²¹ And the Pharesites were; from Asron, the community of the Asronites; from Jamun, the community of the Jamunites.

²¹ And the Pharesites were; from Asron, the community of the Asronites; from Jamun, the community of the Jamunites. ²² These communities of Judas, according to the review of them, were seventy six thousand five hundred.

²² These communities of Judas, according to the review of them, were seventy six thousand five hundred. ²³ And the children of Issachar were, according to their communities; from Thola, the community of the Tholaites; from Phua, the community of the Phuaites; ²⁴ from Jasub, the community of the Jasubites; from Samram, the community of the Samramites. ²⁵ These communities of Issachar, from the review of them, were sixty four thousand four hundred. ²⁶ The children of Zabulon were, according to their communities; from Sared, the community of the Saredites; from Allon, the community of the Allonites; from Allel, the community of the Allelites. ²⁷ These communities of Zabulon, from the review of them, were sixty thousand five hundred. ²⁸ The children of Joseph by their communities were; Manasses and Ephraim. ²⁹ The children of Manasses were from Machir, the community of the Machirites. Galaad also being a son of Machir, from Galaad, the community of the Galaadites. ³⁰ And these also were Galaadites, from Achiezer, the community of the Achiezerites; from Cheleg, the community of the Chelegites; ³¹ from Esriel, the community of the Esrielites; from Sychem, the community of the Sychemites; ³² from Symaer, the community of the Symaerites; and from Opher, the community of the Opherites. ³³ Now Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons; but he had daughters, and these were the names of Salpaad's daughters, Maala and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. ³⁴ These communities of Manasses were, from the review of them, fifty two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵ And these were the children of Ephraim, from Suthala, the community of the Suthalites; from Tanach, the community of the Tanachites; ³⁶ these also were Suthalites; from Eden, the community of the Edenites; ³⁷ these communities of Ephraim were from the review of them, thirty two thousand five hundred. These were the communities of Joseph, by their communities. ³⁸ The children of Benjamin, according to their communities were; of Bale, the community of the Balites; of Asuber, the community of the Asuberites; of Jachiran, the community of the Jachiranites; ³⁹ of Sophan, the community of the Sophanites; ⁴⁰ now Adar and Noeman being sons of Bale; of Adar, was the community of the Adarites; and of Noeman, the community of the Noemanites. ⁴¹ These Benjaminites, according to their communities were, from the review of them, forty five thousand five hundred. ⁴² And the children of Dan, according to their communities, were of Same, the community of the Sameites. These were the communities of Dan, according to their communities. ⁴³ All the communities of the Sameites were, according to the review of them, sixty four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ The children of Aser, by their communities, were; from Jamin, the community of the Jaminites; from Jesu, the community of the Jesuites; from Baria, the community of the Bariaites; ⁴⁵ from Chober, the community of the Choberites; from Melchiel, the community of the Melchielites; ⁴⁶ now the name of Aser's daughter was Sara: ⁴⁷ these communities of Aser were from the review of them, fifty three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁸ The children of Nephthaleim, by their communities, were; of Asiel, the community of the Asielites; of Gauni, the community of the Gaunites; ⁴⁹ of Jeser, the community of the Jeserites; of Sellem, the community of the Sellemites. ⁵⁰ These communities of Nephthaleim were from the review of them, forty five thousand four hundred. ⁵¹ This muster of the Israelites was six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³ Among these let the land be divided, that they may inherit it, by the number of names. ⁵⁴ To those who are many, thou shalt enlarge the inheritance; and to them who are few, thou shalt give the less inheritance. To every one, as they have been reviewed, their inheritance shall be given. ⁵⁵ Among these names the land shall be parcelled out, by lot. They shall inherit according to the tribes of their patriarchal families. ⁵⁶ By lot thou shalt parcel out their inheritance, to the many and the few. ⁵⁷ Now these were the children of Levi, according to their communities; of Gerson, the community of the Gersonites; of Kaath, the community of the Kaathites; of Merari, the community of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are also communities of the children of Levi; the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the community of the Musites. ⁵⁹ And Kaath begot Ambram, whose wife's name was Jochabed, a daughter of Levi and she bore these for Levi in Egypt; She bore by Ambram, Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abiud died when they presented strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶² From the review of them, they were twenty three thousand, including every male, from a month old and upwards; for they were not reviewed among the children of Israel; because there was no portion given them among the children of Israel. ⁶³ Now this was the review of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who reviewed the Israelites at Arabeth-Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho; ⁶⁴ and among them there was not a man of those who had been reviewed by Moses and Aaron, when they reviewed the Israelites in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶⁵ Because the Lord said to them, they shall assuredly die in the wilderness; therefore there was not one of them left, save Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.

¹⁸ Thou shalt appoint for thyself judges, and promulgators of the law, in the cities which the Lord thy God giveth thee, in every tribe. And they shall administer just judgment to the people.

⁵ thou shalt bring out that man, or that woman, and you shall stone them with stones, till they die.

¹⁹ his father and his mother shall take him, and bring him out to the senate of his city, and to the gate of the place;

⁵ When brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and hath no issue, the wife of him who died shall not marry a man abroad, who is not near of kin. The brother of her husband shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and cohabit with her; ⁶ and the child which she shall bear shall go by the name of him who died, so that his name shall not be blotted out from among Israel.

⁶ and the child which she shall bear shall go by the name of him who died, so that his name shall not be blotted out from among Israel. ⁷ And if any man decline to take his brother's wife, the woman shall go to the gate, to the senate, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel. My husband's brother hath refused.

⁷ And if any man decline to take his brother's wife, the woman shall go to the gate, to the senate, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel. My husband's brother hath refused. ⁸ Thereupon the senate of his city shall send for him, and say to him, Thou must stand up, and say, I will not take her. ⁹ Upon which his brother's wife shall come, in the presence of the senate, and loose one shoe from his foot, and spit before his face, and addressing him, say, So shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house in Israel.

⁹ Upon which his brother's wife shall come, in the presence of the senate, and loose one shoe from his foot, and spit before his face, and addressing him, say, So shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house in Israel. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who had his shoe loosed.

¹⁰ you have this day stood, all of you, before the Lord your God, the chiefs of your tribes, and your senate, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

²⁸ Assemble before me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your under officers, that I may speak in their hearing all these words and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

⁹ When the Chananite, and all the inhabitants of this land hear this, they will encompass us, and drive us from this land. What then wilt thou do in respect to thy great name?

² The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife's name was Noemin, and the names of his two sons, Maalon and Chelaion. They were Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. They went to the country of Moab, and while they were there,

¹⁶ Whereupon Ruth said, Force me not to leave thee, nor to return from following thee; for whither soever thou goest, I will go; and wherever thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people; and thy God, my God; ¹⁷ and wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if any thing but death shall part me and thee. ¹⁸ And when Noemin saw that she was steadfastly determined to go with her, she refrained from speaking to her any more.

¹¹ And Boaz in reply said to her, I have been fully informed of all that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, to come to a people whom thou knewest not heretofore. ¹² The Lord recompense thy work, and may a full reward be given thee by the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou art come, to put thy trust under his wings.

¹¹ Now therefore, my daughter, be not afraid, I will do for thee all thou hast said; for all the tribe of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman. ¹² Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I.

¹² Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I. ¹³ Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning; that if he perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well: let him do so. But if he decline to perform to thee the part of a kinsman, I myself will do the kinsman's part for thee, as the Lord liveth. Go to sleep till the morning."

¹³ Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning; that if he perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well: let him do so. But if he decline to perform to thee the part of a kinsman, I myself will do the kinsman's part for thee, as the Lord liveth. Go to sleep till the morning."

¹² And may thy house be like the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, from the seed which the Lord will give thee from this young woman.

¹⁸ Now this is the genealogy of Phares. Phares begot Esrom,

²¹ and Salmon, Boaz; and Boaz, Obed; ²² and Obed, Jessai; and Jessai, David.

⁸ Elkana her husband said to her, Anna! and she said to him, Here, my lord. And he said to her, What is the matter with thee, that thou weepest? And why dost thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

²⁷ For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath granted me the petition which I asked of him;

⁵ They who were full of bread have been brought low; And they who were hungry have reached land. For she who was barren hath born seven children; And she who abounded in children hath been made weak.

²⁰ Now Eli had blessed Elkana, and his wife saying, The Lord grant thee seed from this woman in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord. And when the man returned to his place

¹ therefore the Lord said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? As for me, I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill thy horn with oil, and come, let me send thee to Jessai to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

⁸ Then she wrote a letter in Achab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent it to the elders and freemen, who dwelt with Nabuthi.

⁴ Then Thamar his daughter in law bore to him Phares and Zara. All the sons of Juda were five.

⁴ Then Thamar his daughter in law bore to him Phares and Zara. All the sons of Juda were five. ⁵ The sons of Phares, were Esrom and Jemuel. ⁶ And the sons of Zara were Zambri and Aitham and Amuan and Chalchal and Darad, five in all. ⁷ And the sons of Charmi, Achar the troubler of Israel, who transgressed so as to be anathematised. ⁸ And the sons of Aitham, Azarias. ⁹ And the sons of Esrom who were born to him were Jerameel and Aram and Chaleb. ¹⁰ And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, the chief of the house of Juda; ¹¹ and Naasson begot Salmon and Salmon begot Boaz; ¹² and Boaz begot Obed; and Obed begot Jessai,

¹⁵ Asam his sixth; David his seventh.

¹ Now the sons of Juda were Phares and Esrom, Charmi and Or, Soubal

⁷ when I walked early through the city; and a seat was set for me in the streets!

²¹ If I have raised a hand against the fatherless, because I had around me greater support:

¹ By David; when he had changed his behaviour before Abimelech, and, being dismissed by him, had gone away. I Will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall be continually in my mouth. ² Let my soul glory in the Lord: let the meek hear and be gladdened. ³ magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.

¹⁶ But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil; to destroy the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried and the Lord heard them;

²² Cast thy care on the Lord, and he will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to be shaken.

¹ By David. Bless the Lord, my soul; and all within me, his holy name. ² Bless the Lord, my soul; and forget not all the praises of him;

¹⁵ Let them be continually before the Lord. And let the memorial of them be cut off from the earth:

⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment;

⁹ Who settleth the barren woman in a family making her a joyful mother of children.

³ Behold sons are an heritage of the Lord; a reward of the fruit of the womb.

³ Behold sons are an heritage of the Lord; a reward of the fruit of the womb. ⁴ Like shafts in the hands of a mighty man, so are the sons of them who were shaken off. ⁵ Happy he who shall satisfy his desire with these. They shall not be put to shame, when they speak to their enemies in the gates.

³ Thy wife shall be in the sides of thy house, like a fruitful vine; thy children round thy table, like olive plants. ⁴ Behold thus shall the man be blessed, who habitually feareth the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless thee for the sake of Sion; and mayst thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life! ⁶ And mayst thou see children's children! Peace be upon Israel.

⁶ Behold we had heard of this [ark] at Ephrata; we found it in the fields of the forest.

¹⁰ A wicked man doth mischief with haughtiness; but wise men are their own judges.

¹ Wise women have built houses; but the foolish hath pulled them down with her hands.

²² He who hath found a good wife hath found favour, and hath received joy from God. He who putteth away a good wife, putteth away good things; but he who retaineth an adulteress is foolish and wicked.

¹⁴ Fathers bequeath houses and wealth to children; but the Lord accommodateth a wife to a husband.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusteth in her: such a one hath no need of spoils:

²³ And her husband is distinguished in the gates; when he sitteth in council with the elders of the land.

² And let faithful men Ourias and Zacharias son of Barachias be witnesses for me." ³ Now I had approached to the prophetess and she had conceived and when she brought forth a son, the Lord said to me, "Call his name Speed to the Spoil; haste to the prey"

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot;

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot; ² and the spirit of God will rest upon him; a spirit of wisdom and understanding; a spirit of counsel and majesty; a spirit of knowledge and piety: ³ by this spirit he will be filled with the fear of God. He will not judge according to opinion, nor will he reprove according to report; ⁴ but he will administer justice to the lowly, and work conviction in the meek of the earth. And he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with a breath from his lips destroy the wicked.

⁴ I am the self existent, even till you grow old, I am, I sustain you: I made you and I will bear with you; I will lift you up and I will save you.

¹⁹ and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the issue of thy bowels as the dust of the ground. Still however thou shalt not be utterly cut off; nor shall thy name perish from before me.

¹ HO! ye who are thirsting, come to water! And ye who have no money, come buy and eat, without money and without price, wine and the choicest bread.

⁷ Behold Anameel son of Salom thy father's brother is coming to thee and will say, Buy thee my field which is at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee. ⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord, ⁹ so I bought the field of Anameel, my father' s brother's son and paid him seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰ And when I had signed the writing and sealed it and had it witnessed and had paid the money by weight, ¹¹ I took the deed of possession which was sealed and gave it to Baruch, son of Nerias son of Maasias in the presence of Anameel my father's brother's son, ¹² and in the presence of the byestanders who had signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of the Jews who were in the court of the prison;

²⁵ Now thou sayest to me, Buy thee a field for money. Accordingly I have signed the deed of purchase and sealed it and had it witnessed; though the city is about to be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.

¹⁴ Our elders have ceased to attend at the gates, and our chosen men have ceased from their songs.

² So I hired one for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a gomar of barley and a nebel of wine,

¹² [p] Though Jacob fled to the plain of Syria, and Israel made himself a slave for a wife, and for a wife kept watch,

¹⁰ [J] They hated a reprover in the gates and held in abhorrence a holy word; ¹¹ therefore because they have beaten the poor with their fists, though you had received from them choice gifts; you have built houses of hewn stone; but in them you shall not dwell; you have planted lovely vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine thereof. ¹² [p] Because I know your manifold impieties and your sins are mighty: you trample down the righteous, take pledges and turn aside the poor in the gates;

¹⁵ We have hated evil and loved good; therefore reestablish judgment in the gates, that the Lord God Almighty may have compassion on the remnant of Joseph.

² But as for thee, Bethlehem, thou house of Ephratha, art thou too little to be one of the chiliads of Juda? Out of thee one shall come forth for me to be the chief of Israel. His goings forth have been from the beginning; from the days of an age.

⁶ flee! flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord, for from the four winds of heaven I will gather you, saith the Lord.

² And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land; and there shall no more be a remembrance of them. And I will remove the false prophets and the unclean spirit out of the land.

¹⁴ And do you say, Why not? Because God was a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth whom thou hast forsaken, though she was thy companion and the wife of thy covenant.

³ and Judas had Phares and Zara by Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,

³ and Judas had Phares and Zara by Thamar, and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram, ⁴ and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,

⁴ and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon had Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz had Obed by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

⁵ and Salmon had Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz had Obed by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

⁵ and Salmon had Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz had Obed by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king had Solomon by her who had been the wife of Urias,

⁶ and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king had Solomon by her who had been the wife of Urias,

⁶ and Jesse begat David the king, and David the king had Solomon by her who had been the wife of Urias, ⁷ and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa, ⁸ and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias, ⁹ and Ozias begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Hezekias, ¹⁰ and Hezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, ¹¹ and Josias begat Jechonias and those brothers of his at the removal to Babylon, ¹² and after the removal to Babylon Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel, ¹³ and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, ¹⁴ and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, ¹⁵ and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob; ¹⁶ and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called the Christ: ¹⁷ all the generations therefore from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the removal to Babylon there were fourteen generations, and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ fourteen generations, ¹⁸ and the genealogy of Jesus Christ was thus; for his mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph was, before they came together, found to be with child by the holy Spirit, ¹⁹ and Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to expose her, determined to divorce her privately; ²⁰ but while he was thinking of this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said to him, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take home Mary thy wife; for her pregnancy is from the Holy Spirit"

⁶ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judea art by no means the least among the leaders of Juda; for out of thee shall come a leader, who shall tend my people Israel"

²⁴ saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her relations, hearing that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her, rejoiced with her.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her relations, hearing that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her, rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ But his mother interposing, said, No. He shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her, There is none among thy kindred who is called by that name. ⁶² Then they made signs to his father to know what he would have him called. ⁶³ And he, having demanded a table book, wrote, saying, His name is John. At which they were all surprised.

³¹ son of Melea, son of Mainan, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, ³² son of Jessai, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Naasson, ³³ son of Aminadab, son of Aram, son of Esrom, son of Phares, son of Juda,

²⁸ saying, Teacher, Moses hath written for us, If a man's brother, having a wife, die; when he dieth childless, his brother must take his wife and raise up a seed for his brother,

¹² And having stirred up the people and the elders and the Scribes, they came upon him and seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrim,

¹⁵ Set your hearts on this with respect to each other"to rejoice with them who rejoice, and to weep with them who weep.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men.

²⁶ so that if one member suffereth, all the rest suffer with it; and if one member is honoured, all the rest rejoice with it.

²¹ being careful to conduct ourselves well, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²⁵ Husbands love your wives, even as the Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself up for it,

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things,

¹⁸ Render thanks for every thing; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

³ We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit; because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards one another aboundeth:

⁴ Let marriage be held in esteem by all, and its bed be undefiled: for whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.