15. And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”
16. Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him.
17. Also the neighbor women gave him 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. Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;
19. Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;
20. Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;
21. Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
22. Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.