Holy Scripture
Ruth 4:17
A church father on this verse
“Let Tamar rejoice that her Lord has come, for her name announced the son of her Lord, and her appellation called you to come to her.By you honorable women made themselves contemptible, [you] the One who makes all chaste. She stole you at the crossroads, [you] who prepared the road to the house of the kingdom. Since sh…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And the neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; this is the father of Jesse the father of David.
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15And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy soul, and one to cherish thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law which has loved thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has born him.
16And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.
— Ruth 4:17 —
18And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron:
19Hezron begot Ram; and Ram begot Amminadab.