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Literal Standard Version

Ruth 4:21

and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Genealogy;   Obed;   Ruth;   Salma;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Names;   Rahab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Obed;   Pharez;   Rahab;   Ruth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Nahshon;   Naomi;   Ruth;   Salmon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Boaz;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Marriage;   Sabbatical Year;   Salmon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Obed ;   Salma, Salmon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesse;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jes'se;   O'bed;   Sal'ma,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Booz;   Salmon;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Boaz;   David;   Genealogy;   Judah;   Nahshon;   Obed;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Salmon fathered Boaz,
Hebrew Names Version
and Salmon became the father of Bo`az, and Bo`az became the father of `Oved,
King James Version
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Lexham English Bible
and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,
English Standard Version
Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,
New Century Version
Salmon was the father of Boaz, who was the father of Obed.
New English Translation
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
Amplified Bible
Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed,
New American Standard Bible
and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
Complete Jewish Bible
Salmon was the father of Bo‘az, Bo‘az was the father of ‘Oved,
Darby Translation
and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,
Easy-to-Read Version
Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.
George Lamsa Translation
And Shelah begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Literal Translation
and Salmon fathered Boaz; and Boaz fathered Obed;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Salmo begat Boos. Boos begat Obed.
American Standard Version
and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Bible in Basic English
And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Salmon begat Booz, Booz begat Obed,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
King James Version (1611)
And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begate Obed,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed.
English Revised Version
and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed;
Berean Standard Bible
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Booz gendride Obeth;
Young's Literal Translation
and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Update Bible Version
and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
World English Bible
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
New King James Version
Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
New Living Translation
Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.
New Life Bible
Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.
New Revised Standard
Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Salmon, begat, Boaz, and, Boaz, begat, Obed;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
Revised Standard Version
Salmon of Bo'az, Bo'az of Obed,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed,

Contextual Overview

13And Boaz takes Ruth, and she becomes his wife, and he goes in to her, and YHWH gives conception to her, and she bears a son. 14And the women say to Naomi, "Blessed [is] YHWH who has not let a redeemer cease to you today, and his name is proclaimed in Israel, 15and he has been to you for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who has loved you—who is better to you than seven sons—has borne him." 16And Naomi takes the boy, and lays him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse; 17and the neighboring women give a name to him, saying, "There has been a son born to Naomi," and they call his name Obed; he [is] father of Jesse, father of David. 18And these are generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron, 19and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminidab, 20and Amminidab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, 21and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,22and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Salmon: 1 Chronicles 2:11, Salma, Matthew 1:5, Luke 3:32

and Boaz: 1 Chronicles 2:12, Matthew 1:5, Luke 3:32, Booz

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:1 - Boaz Ruth 2:5 - General Ruth 4:14 - that his 1 Kings 7:21 - Boaz Luke 2:4 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
and now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened her mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand;
Genesis 4:12
when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling one, you are in the earth."
Genesis 31:27
Why have you hidden yourself to flee, and deceive me, and have not declared to me, and I send you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with harp,
Job 21:12
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, || And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
Isaiah 5:12
And harp, and stringed instrument, tambourine, and pipe, || And wine, have been their banquets, || And they do not behold the work of YHWH, || Indeed, they have not seen the work of His hands.
Amos 6:5
Who are taking part according to the stringed instrument, || Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Salmon begat Boaz,.... Of Rahab the harlot, whom he married, Matthew 1:5 the very same person that makes a principal part of this book, and whom the Targum here takes to be the judge Ibzan,

Matthew 1:5- :.

and Boaz begat Obed; of Ruth; of whom see the preceding verses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Salmon begat Boaz - Matthew has preserved the additional interesting information that the mother of Boaz was Rahab Joshua 2:0; Joshua 6:0. It is possible that the circumstance that the mother of Boaz was a Canaanite may have made him less indisposed to marry Ruth the Moabitess. As regards the whole genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22, it should be remarked that it occurs four times in Scripture, namely, here, 1 Chronicles 2:10-12; Matthew 1:3-6; and Luke 3:32-33, and is of course of singular importance as being the genealogy of our Lord. One or two difficulties in it still remain unsolved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 4:21. And Salmon begat Boaz — The Targum goes on, "And Salmon begat Absan the judge; he is Boaz the Just, on account of whose righteousness the people of the house of Israel were redeemed from the hands of their enemies; and at whose supplication the famine departed from the land of Israel."

And Boaz begat Obed — "Who served the Lord in this world with a perfect heart."


 
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