11. So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, “We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem!
12. May the Lord bless you with many children through Ruth. May your family become great like the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore for Judah.”
13. So Boaz married Ruth. The Lord allowed Ruth to become pregnant, and she had a son.
14. The women there said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord who gave you this child. May he become famous in Israel.
15. He will make you alive again and care for you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law made it happen because she bore this child for you. She loves you, and she is better for you than seven sons.”
16. Naomi took the boy, held him in her arms, and cared for him.
17. The neighbors gave the boy his name. These women said, “Naomi has a son now!” They named him Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
18. This is the family history 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. Jesse was the father of David.