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Rth 4:17 — And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the women		Luk 1:58-63
Obed		That is, [douleuon] serving, or a servant, as Josephus interprets it. Rth 4:15

Correlating Passages

the women

	Luk 1:58	And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
	Luk 1:59	And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
	Luk 1:60	And his mother answered and said, Not [so]; but he shall be called John.
	Luk 1:61	And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
	Luk 1:62	And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
	Luk 1:63	And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Obed

Rth 4:15

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 4:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Rth/4/17.html>.

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