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May your house, because of the seed ADONAI will give you from this young woman, become like the house of Peretz, whom Tamar bore to Y'hudah."
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So Bo'az took Rut, and she became his wife. He had sexual relations with her, ADONAI enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
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Then the women said to Na'omi, "Blessed be ADONAI, who today has provided you a redeemer! May his name be renowned in Isra'el.
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May he restore your life and provide for your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."
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Na'omi took the child, laid it on her breast and became its nurse.
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The women who were her neighbors gave it a name; they said, "A son has been born to Na'omi," and called it 'Oved. He was the father of Yishai the father of David.
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Here is the genealogy of Peretz. Peretz was the father of Hetzron,
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Hetzron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of 'Amminadav,
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'Amminadav was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmon,
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Salmon was the father of Bo'az, Bo'az was the father of 'Oved,
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'Oved was the father of Yishai, and Yishai was the father of David.