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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ruth 4:20

And, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, and, Nahshon, begat, Salmon,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amminadab;   David;   Genealogy;   Obed;   Salma;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amminadab;   Nahshon or Naasson;   Names;   Salmon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pharez;   Ruth;   Salmon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Nahshon;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethlehem;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Marriage;   Nahshon;   Sabbatical Year;   Salmon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nahshon ;   Obed ;   Salma, Salmon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Salmon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amminadab;   Jesse;   Rahab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ammin'adab;   Jes'se;   Sal'ma,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Salmon;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Hebrew Names Version
and `Amminadav became the father of Nachshon, and Nachshon became the father of Salmon,
King James Version
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Lexham English Bible
and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
English Standard Version
Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
New Century Version
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, who was the father of Salmon.
New English Translation
Amminadab was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah,
Amplified Bible
Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
New American Standard Bible
and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Amminadab begate Nahshon, and Nahshon begate Salmah,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmah,
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Amminadav was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmon,
Darby Translation
and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,
Easy-to-Read Version
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
George Lamsa Translation
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Shelah,
Literal Translation
and Amminadab fathered Nahshon; and Nahshon fathered Salmon;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Aminadab begatt Naasson. Naasson begat Salmon.
American Standard Version
and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Bible in Basic English
And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Aminadab begat Naasson, Naasson begat Salmon,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;
King James Version (1611)
And Amminadab begate Nahshon, and Nahshon begate Salmon,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon.
English Revised Version
and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon;
Berean Standard Bible
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Amynadab gendride Naason; Naason gendride Salmon; Salmon gendride Booz;
Young's Literal Translation
and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Update Bible Version
and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmah,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
World English Bible
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
New King James Version
Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; [fn]
New Living Translation
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
New Life Bible
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
New Revised Standard
Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon,
Revised Standard Version
Ammin'adab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon,

Contextual Overview

13 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. 14 Then said the women unto Naomi, Blessed, be Yahweh! who hath not let thee fail of a kinsman to-day, - and may his name, be proclaimed, in Israel; 15 So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age, - for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons. 16 So Naomi took the boy, and laid him in her bosom, and she became his nurse. 17 And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, There is born a son to Naomi, - So they called his name Obed, he, was, the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 These, then, are the generations of Perez: Perez, begat, Hezron; 19 And, Hezron, begat, Ram, and, Ram, begat, Amminadab; 20 And, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, and, Nahshon, begat, Salmon, 21 And, Salmon, begat, Boaz, and, Boaz, begat, Obed; 22 And, Obed, begat, Jesse, and, Jesse, begat, David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nahshon: Numbers 1:7, Matthew 1:4, Luke 3:32, Naasson

Salmon: or, Samlah

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:23 - Amminadab Numbers 2:3 - Nahshon Numbers 7:12 - General 1 Chronicles 2:10 - Amminadab Luke 3:33 - Aminadab

Cross-References

Genesis 4:2
And she went on to hear his brother, Abel, - and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.
Genesis 4:4
Abel, also, even, he, brought in of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat, and Yahweh approved of Abel and of his present;
Genesis 4:5
but of Cain and his present, he approved not, - and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:9
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, - from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Genesis 4:12
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:21
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,
Genesis 25:27
And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field, - but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.
John 8:44
Ye, are, of your father - the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Amminadab begat Nahshon,.... The prince of the tribe of Judah, as the Targum adds; and so he was when the Israelites were come out of Egypt, and were in the wilderness at the time of the dedication of the altar, Numbers 7:12 called Nahsson, Matthew 1:4, and Nahshon begat Salmon; or, as in the Hebrew text, Salmah, and in 1 Chronicles 2:11, Salma; and yet in the verse following Salmon, as we read it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 4:20. Amminadab begat Nahshon — The Targum adds, "And Nahshon was chief of the house of his father in the tribe of Judah."

Nahshon begat Salmon — In the Hebrew it is שלמה Salmah, which Houbigant thinks was an error of an ancient scribe, before any final letters were acknowledged in the Hebrew alphabet: for then the word would be written שלמון Salmon, which a scribe, after final letters were admitted, might mistake for שלמה Salmah, and so write it, instead of שלמון Salmon, the ו vau and ן final nun in conjunction (ון) bearing some resemblance to .

The Targum calls him "Salmah the Just; he was the Salmah of Beth-lehem and Netopha, whose sons abolished the watches which Jeroboam set over the highways; and their works and the works of their father were good in Netopha."


 
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