NET Bible
"Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver."
— Ruth 4:16, NET Bible
“And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.”
“And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. ”
“Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.”
“And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.”
“And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.”
“And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.”
A Grandson is Born to Naomi So Boaz married Ruth and slept with her. The LORD enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.
The village women said to Naomi,“May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!
He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”
Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.
The neighbor women named him, saying,“A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse– David’s father!
Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,