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Ruth 4:16

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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.

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Ruth 4:16 In-Context

14 Les femmes dirent à Naomi: Béni soit l'Eternel, qui ne t'a point laissé manquer aujourd'hui d'un homme ayant droit de rachat, et dont le nom sera célébré en Israël!
15 Cet enfant restaurera ton âme, et sera le soutien de ta vieillesse; car ta belle-fille, qui t'aime, l'a enfanté, elle qui vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils.
16 Naomi prit l'enfant et le mit sur son sein, et elle fut sa garde.
17 Les voisines lui donnèrent un nom, en disant: Un fils est né à Naomi! Et elles l'appelèrent Obed. Ce fut le père d'Isaï père de David.
18 Voici la postérité de Pérets. Pérets engendra Hetsron;
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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