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13 Then Boaz took Ruth home, and she became his wife. He slept with her, and the LORD gave her the ability to become pregnant. So she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi, |Praise the LORD, who has remembered today to give you someone who will take care of you. The child's name will be famous in Israel. 15 He will bring you a new life and support you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law who loves you is better to you than seven sons, because she has given birth.| 16 Naomi took the child, held him on her lap, and became his guardian. 17 The women in the neighborhood said, |Naomi has a son.| So they gave him the name Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David. Ruth 4:13-17, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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