Ruth 4:16

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

Ruth 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom
As a token of her most tender love and affection for it; this it is probable she did quickly after the birth of it:

and became a nurse unto it;
that is, after the mother had suckled and weaned it, then she took it from her, and brought it up.

Ruth 4:16 In-Context

14 And the women said unto Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 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."

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

17 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.

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