Ruth 4:13-17

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And ¹the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

14 Then the ²women said to Naomi, "Blessed is the LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel.

15 "May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you ³and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

The Line of David Began Here

16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.

17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named * him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Ruth 4:13-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO RUTH 4

This chapter relates how an offer was made to the nearest kinsman of Ruth to redeem her, and the field her husband left, which he refused to do, Ru 4:1-8, upon which Boaz redeemed both, and married Ruth before the elders of the city as witnesses, and who congratulated him and her on that occasion, Ru 4:9-12, to whom a son was born, called Obed by the neighbours, Ru 4:13-17 and the chapter is concluded with the genealogy of David, who sprung from him, Ru 4:18-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. Genesis 29:31; Genesis 33:5
2. Luke 1:58
3. Ruth 1:16, 17; Ruth 2:11, 12

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "gave her conception"
[b]. Or "closest relative"
[c]. Lit "be called in"
[d]. Lit "who"
[e]. I.e. as her own