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New Living Translation

Ruth 4:22

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Names;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jesse;   Obed;   Pharez;   Ruth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Nahshon;   Naomi;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Boaz;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Marriage;   Sabbatical Year;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jesse ;   Obed ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Elimelech;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jesse;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jes'se;   O'bed;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - David;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Obed fathered Jesse,
Hebrew Names Version
and `Oved became the father of Yishai, and Yishai became the father of David.
King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Lexham English Bible
and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
English Standard Version
Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
New Century Version
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
New English Translation
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Amplified Bible
Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David [the king of Israel and the ancestor of Jesus Christ].
New American Standard Bible
and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Obed begate Ishai, and Ishai begate Dauid.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Oved was the father of Yishai, and Yishai was the father of David.
Darby Translation
and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
Easy-to-Read Version
Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.
George Lamsa Translation
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat King David.
Literal Translation
and Obed fathered Jesse; and Jesse fathered David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Obed begat Isai. Isai begat Dauid.
American Standard Version
and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Bible in Basic English
And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Obed begat Isai, Isai begat Dauid.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
King James Version (1611)
And Obed begat Iesse, and Iesse begate Dauid.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David.
English Revised Version
and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Berean Standard Bible
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Obeth gendride Isay; Isay gendride Dauid the kyng.
Young's Literal Translation
and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Update Bible Version
and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
World English Bible
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
New King James Version
Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
New Life Bible
Obed was the father of Jesse. And Jesse was the father of David.
New Revised Standard
Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Obed, begat, Jesse, and, Jesse, begat, David.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
Revised Standard Version
Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.

Contextual Overview

13 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. 14 Then the women of the town said to Naomi, "Praise the Lord , who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel. 15 May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better to you than seven sons!" 16 Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own. 17 The neighbor women said, "Now at last Naomi has a son again!" And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David. 18 This is the genealogical record of their ancestor Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron. 19 Hezron was the father of Ram. Ram was the father of Amminadab. 20 Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. 21 Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. 22 Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jesse: 1 Samuel 16:1, Isaiah 11:1

David: 1 Chronicles 2:15, Matthew 1:6, Luke 3:31

Reciprocal: Ruth 4:14 - that his 1 Samuel 17:12 - David 1 Chronicles 2:12 - Jesse Matthew 1:5 - Booz Luke 2:4 - unto

Cross-References

Exodus 25:3
Here is a list of sacred offerings you may accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
Numbers 31:22
Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—
Deuteronomy 8:9
It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.
Deuteronomy 33:25
May the bolts of your gates be of iron and bronze; may you be secure all your days."
2 Chronicles 2:7
"So send me a master craftsman who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as with purple, scarlet, and blue cloth. He must be a skilled engraver who can work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem who were selected by my father, David.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Obed begat Jesse,.... The Bethlehemite, the father of David:

and Jesse begat David; the Targum adds, the king of Israel; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions add, the king; from whence it is by some concluded that this book was written by Samuel, not only after the birth of David, but after he had been anointed king by him: here being but four generations mentioned, from the coming of the Israelites into Canaan, to the birth of David, which was three hundred and sixty years, each of the four persons, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, and Jesse, must beget a son when one hundred years old and upwards; and which is not at all incredible, as appears by instances in later times, and therefore not at all improbable, that in those ancient times men of sobriety and good constitutions should have children at such an age.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 4:22. 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. And he lived many days until the counsel was remembered before the Lord, that the serpent gave to Eve the wife of Adam, that she should eat of the tree; by eating of the fruit of which they became wise, to distinguish between good and evil: and by that counsel all the inhabitants of the earth became guilty of death; and by this iniquity Jesse the Just died." Here is no mean or indistinct reference to the doctrine of original sin: and it shows us, at least, what the very ancient rabbins thought on the subject. I should observe that these additions are taken from the London Polyglot; they are not found in that of Antwerp; but they are the same that appear in the Targum of the great Bible printed by Bomberg, at Venice, in 1547-49.

And Jesse begat David — To this no comment is added by the Targumist, as the history of this king is found in the following book.

The ten persons whose genealogy is recorded in the five last verses, may be found, with a trifling change of name, in the genealogical list in Matthew 1:3-6, as forming important links in the line of the Messiah. To introduce this appears to have been the principal object of the writer, as introductory to the following books, where the history of David, the regal progenitor and type of the Messiah, is so particularly detailed.

FOR the account of the birth of Pharez and his brother Zarah, the reader is requested to refer to Genesis 38:12-30, and to the notes there; and for several particulars in the genealogy itself, to the notes on Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38, where the wisdom, goodness, and providence of God, in the preservation of this line, are particularly noticed.

MASORETIC NOTES ON RUTH

Number of verses in Ruth is 85.

Middle verse is Ruth 2:21.

We have already seen that Archbishop Usher places the event mentioned here in A.M. 2686, about one hundred years after the conquest of Canaan.


 
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