15. 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!”
16. Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.
17. 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!
18. These are the descendants 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 Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah,
21. Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
22. Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.