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The Book of Ruth, Chapter 4, Verse 17

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And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
King James Version
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.
American Standard Version
And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
New English Translation
The neighbor women named him, saying,“A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse– David’s father!
World English Bible
The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi;" and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
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And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
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And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
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And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
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And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
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And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.
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And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
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But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.