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Geneva Bible

Ruth 4:13

So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Inheritance;   Ruth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Boaz;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Names;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abortion;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aging;   Birth;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Sabbatical Year;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Brother;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. He slept with her, and the Lord granted conception to her, and she gave birth to a son.
Hebrew Names Version
So Bo`az took Rut, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
King James Version
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
Lexham English Bible
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
English Standard Version
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
New Century Version
So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife and had sexual relations with her. The Lord let her become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.
New English Translation
So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.
Amplified Bible
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
New American Standard Bible
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And Yahweh granted her conception, and she gave birth to a son.
Contemporary English Version
Boaz married Ruth, and the Lord blessed her with a son.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Bo‘az took Rut, and she became his wife. He had sexual relations with her, Adonai enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
Darby Translation
And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Boaz married Ruth. The Lord allowed Ruth to become pregnant, and she had a son.
George Lamsa Translation
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Good News Translation
So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife. The Lord blessed her, and she became pregnant and had a son.
Literal Translation
And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Boos toke Ruth, and she became his wife. And whan he laye with her, the LORDE graunted her yt she conceaued, and bare a sonne.
American Standard Version
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.
Bible in Basic English
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Booz toke Ruth, and she was his wyfe: And when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue, that she conceaued and bare a sonne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
King James Version (1611)
So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lord gaue her conception, and she bare a sonne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Booz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
English Revised Version
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
Berean Standard Bible
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Booz took Ruth, and took hir to wijf; and he entride to hir, and the Lord yaf to hir, that sche conseyuede, `and childide a sone.
Young's Literal Translation
And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.
Update Bible Version
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
World English Bible
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
New King James Version
Matthew 1:2-6">[xr] So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
New Living Translation
So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the Lord enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.
New Life Bible
So Boaz took Ruth. She became his wife, and he went in to her. The Lord made it possible for her to have a child and she gave birth to a son.
New Revised Standard
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her, - and Yahweh granted her conception, and she bare a son.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive, and to bear a son.
Revised Standard Version
So Bo'az took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
THE MESSAGE
Boaz married Ruth. She became his wife. Boaz slept with her. By God 's gracious gift she conceived and had a son.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Contextual Overview

13 So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lorde gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne. 14 And the women sayd vnto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shalbe continued in Israel. 15 And this shall bring thy life againe, and cherish thine olde age: for thy daughter in lawe which loueth thee, hath borne vnto him, and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes. 16 And Naomi tooke the childe, and layde it in her lap, and became nource vnto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Ishai, the father of Dauid. 18 These now are ye generations of Pharez: Pharez begate Hezron, 19 And Hezron begate Ram, & Ram begate Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begate Nahshon, and Nahshon begate Salmah, 21 And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begate Ishai, and Ishai begate Dauid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Boaz: Ruth 3:11

the Lord: Ruth 4:12, Genesis 20:17, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 21:1-3, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 30:23, Genesis 33:5, 1 Samuel 1:27, Ruth 2:5, Psalms 113:9, Psalms 127:3

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Revelation 16:9
And men boyled in great heate, and blasphemed the Name of God, which hath power ouer these plagues, and they repented not, to giue him glorie.
Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heauen for their paines, and for their sores, and repented not of their workes.
Revelation 16:21
And there fell a great haile, like talents, out of heauen vpon the men, and men blasphemed God, because of the plague of the haile: for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife,.... Without any other rites or ceremonies than what are here expressed; for as yet the rites and ceremonies now in use with the Jews o, in marriages had not obtained: and when he went in unto her; which is a modest expression of the conjugal duty performed him:

the Lord gave her conception; for this is of God, let the circumstance of the person, as to age, be as it may:

and she bare a son; at the year's end, as Josephus p relates,

o Vid. Buxtorf. Synagog. Jud. c. 39. Leo Modena's History of the Rites of the present Jews, part 4. c. 3. p Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 4.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 4:13. So Boaz took Ruth — The law of Moses had prohibited the Moabites, even to the tenth generation, from entering into the congregation of the Lord; but this law, the Jews think, did not extend to women; and even if it had, Ruth's might be considered an exempt case, as she had been already incorporated into the family by marriage; and left her own country, people, and gods, to become a proselyte to the true God in the land of Israel.


 
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