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What does Ruth 4:19 mean?
"and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,"
— Ruth 4:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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