New American Standard Bible

Ruth 4:15-22 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

15. May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

16. Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.

17. The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18. Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron,

19. and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab,

20. and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon,

21. and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed,

22. and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.