Ruth 4:18
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15 He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.
16 And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.
17 And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;
19 And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;
20 And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;
21 And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;