12. May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
14. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you without a redeemer. May he become famous in Israel!
15. He will be a comfort for your soul and support you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
16. Then Naomi took the child, laid him on her lap, and became his nurse.