Ruth 4:22 KJV — MannaFest

Ruth 4:22

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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ASV

and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

WEB

Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

YLT

and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

DBT

and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

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Ruth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
Date: Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)

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The Genealogies of ChristPerez → Boaz → Obed → Jesse → David — ten generations.

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1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1 Chronicles 2:12
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
1 Chronicles 2:15
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

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8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. Boaz calls a court immediately. It is probable he was himself one of the elders (or aldermen) of the city; for he was a mighty man of wealth.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

these are the generations of Pharez--that is, his descendants. This appendix shows that the special object contemplated by the inspired author of this little book was to preserve the memory of an interesting domestic episode, and to trace the genealogy of David.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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