Ruth 4:10-20

10 Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, ¹to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."

11 Then all the people who were ²at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, ³who together ⁴built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in ⁵Ephrathah and ⁶be renowned in Bethlehem,

12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, ⁷whom Tamar bore to Judah, because ⁸of the offspring that the LORD will give you by this young woman."

Ruth and Boaz Marry

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, ⁹and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

14 ¹⁰Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without ¹¹a redeemer, and may his name ¹²be renowned in Israel!

15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, ¹³who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

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

17 ¹⁴And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Genealogy of David

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: ¹⁵Perez fathered Hezron,

19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,

20 ¹⁶Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,

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Ruth 4:10-20 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 16

1. ver. 5
2. See ver. 1
3. See Gen. 29:31 - 30:24; Genesis 35:16-18
4. Deuteronomy 25:9
5. Genesis 35:16, 19
6. ver. 14
7. Genesis 38:29; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Matthew 1:3
8. 1 Samuel 2:20
9. Genesis 29:31; Genesis 33:5
10. [Luke 1:58]
11. Ruth 2:20
12. ver. 11
13. 1 Samuel 1:8
14. Luke 1:59
15. For ver. 18-22, see 1 Chronicles 2:4-15; Matthew 1:3-6
16. Numbers 1:7; [Exodus 6:23]

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