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Rth 4:11 — And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

The LORD		Gen 24:60; Psa 127:3-5; Psa 128:3-6
Rachel		Gen 29:32-35; Gen 30:1-24; Gen 35:16-20; Gen 46:8-27; Num 26:1-65
build		Deu 25:9; Pro 14:1
do thou worthily		or, get thee riches, or power.
Ephratah		Rth 1:2; Gen 35:16,19; Psa 132:6; Mic 5:2; Mat 2:6
be famous		Heb. proclaim thy name.

Correlating Passages

The LORD

	Gen 24:60	And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
	Psa 127:3	Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
	Psa 127:4	As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
	Psa 127:5	Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
	Psa 128:3	Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
	Psa 128:4	Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
	Psa 128:5	The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
	Psa 128:6	Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.

Rachel

	Gen 29:32	And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
	Gen 29:33	And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
	Gen 29:34	And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
	Gen 29:35	And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
	Gen 30:1	And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
	Gen 30:2	And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
	Gen 30:3	And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
	Gen 30:4	And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
	Gen 30:5	And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
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	Gen 35:16	And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
	Gen 35:17	And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
	Gen 35:18	And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
	Gen 35:19	And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
	Gen 35:20	And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
	Gen 46:8	And these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
	Gen 46:9	And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
	Gen 46:10	And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
	Gen 46:11	And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
	Gen 46:12	And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
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	Num 26:1	And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
	Num 26:2	Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
	Num 26:3	And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
	Num 26:4	[Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
	Num 26:5	Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, [of whom cometh] the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
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build

	Deu 25:9	Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
	Pro 14:1	Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Ephratah

	Rth 1:2	And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
	Gen 35:16	And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
	Gen 35:19	And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
	Psa 132:6	Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
	Mic 5:2	But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
	Mat 2:6	And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 4:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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