New International Reader's Version

Ruth 4:14-22 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

14. The women said to Naomi, "We praise the Lord. Today he has provided a family protector for you. May this child become famous all over Israel!

15. He will make your life new again. He'll take care of you when you are old. He's the son of your very own daughter-in-law. She loves you. She is better to you than seven sons."

16. Then Naomi put the child on her lap and took care of him.

17. The women who were living there said, "Naomi has a son." They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.

18. Here is the family line of 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. And Jesse was the father of David.