^{10 Ref} Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

^{11 Ref} And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

^{12 Ref} and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.

^{13 Ref} 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.

^{14 Ref} And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

^{15 Ref} And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

^{19 Ref} and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

^{20 Ref} and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

^{21 Ref} and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

^{22 Ref} and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.