Ruth 4:17

American Standard Version (1901)

And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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  • Luke 1:58-63 : 58 And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

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  • Ruth 4:11-16
    6 verses
    82%

    11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

    12and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

    13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.

    14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

    15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

    16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

  • Ruth 4:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

    22and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

  • 1 Chr 2:11-14
    4 verses
    80%

    11and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

    12and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

    13and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

    14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

  • Matt 1:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

    6and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Uriah;

  • 1 Chr 2:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

    38and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

  • Luke 3:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Menna, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan, the [son] of David,

    32the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,

  • Ruth 4:18
    72%

    18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

  • Ruth 1:19
    71%

    19So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?

  • Ruth 1:1-4
    4 verses
    71%

    1And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

    3And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

    4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    70%

    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

  • 1 Chr 26:4
    70%

    4And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

  • Ruth 2:1
    70%

    1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

  • 1 Sam 4:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came upon her.

    20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17
    68%

    17And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

  • Ruth 2:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.

    20And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.

  • Ruth 1:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

    12Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

  • Ruth 1:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.

    7And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

  • Ruth 1:9
    67%

    9Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

  • Ruth 3:1
    67%

    1And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
    67%

    17And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

  • Matt 1:1
    66%

    1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • 1 Chr 14:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

    4And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

  • 1 Chr 4:14
    66%

    14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.

  • Ruth 4:3
    66%

    3And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

  • Ruth 2:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

    6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

  • Ruth 1:22
    66%

    22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

  • Isa 8:3
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    3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;

  • 1 Chr 4:6
    66%

    6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.