Ruth 4:22 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 4:22

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

KJV

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Obed begat Jesse - “Who,” says the Targum, “also is called Nachash, נחש because neither iniquity nor corruption was found in him, that he should be delivered into the hands of the angel of death, that he might take away his soul from him.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעֹבֵד֙	ve.'o.Ved	and Obed	H5744 →
הוֹלִ֣יד	ho.Lid	he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשָׁ֔י	yi.Shai	Jesse	H3448 →
וְיִשַׁ֖י	ve.yi.Shai	and Jesse	H3448 →
הוֹלִ֥יד	ho.Lid	he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּוִֽד׃	da.Vid	David	H1732 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 11:1
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Zechariah 6:12
  And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
- Revelation 5:5
  Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Acts 13:22–23
  After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
Through
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
leads to
- 2 Kings 9:1
  Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 1 Samuel 15:23
  For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- Psalms 78:68–71
  But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

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