Ruth 4 Cross References - CAB

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat there. And behold, the relative passed by, of whom Boaz spoke. And Boaz said to him, Turn aside, and sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down. ² And Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit here; and they sat down. ³ And Boaz said to the relative, The matter regards the portion of the field which was our brother Elimelech's which was given to Naomi, now returning out of the land of Moab. ⁴ And I said, I will inform you, saying, Buy it before those that sit, and before the elders of my people: if you will redeem it, redeem it, but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, and I shall know; for there is no one beside you to redeem it, and I am after you. And he said, I am here, I will redeem it. ⁵ And Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi and of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased, you must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. ⁶ And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance; you redeem my right for yourself, for I shall not be able to redeem it. ⁷ And this was in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor that redeemed his right; and this was for a testimony in Israel. ⁸ And the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy my right for yourself. And he took off his shoe and gave it to him. ⁹ And Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi. ¹⁰ Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brothers, and from the tribe of his people: you are witnesses this day. ¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses; and the elders said, The Lord make your wife who goes into your house, as Rachel and as Leah, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to you in Bethlehem. ¹² And let your house be as the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this maidservant. ¹³ And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. ¹⁴ And the woman said to Naomi, Blessed is the Lord, who has not allowed a redeemer to fail you this day, even to make your name famous in Israel. ¹⁵ And he shall be to you a restorer of your soul, and one to cherish in your old age; for your daughter-in-law who has loved you, who is better to you than seven sons, has born him. ¹⁶ And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it. ¹⁷ And the neighbors gave him a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; this is the father of Jesse, the father of David. ¹⁸ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron; ¹⁹ Hezron begot Ram; and Ram begot Amminadab. ²⁰ And Aminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begot Salmon. ²¹ And Salmon begot Boaz; and Boaz begot Obed. ²² And Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David.

² And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.

¹⁷ And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.

¹⁶ And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver approved with merchants. ¹⁷ And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mamre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were deeded ¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession, before the sons of Heth, and all that entered into the city.

¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession, before the sons of Heth, and all that entered into the city.

²⁷ and said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not allowed His righteousness to fail, nor His truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, You are our sister; may you become the mother of thousands and thousands, and let your seed possess the cities of their enemies.

²¹ Now Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel. ¹⁹ And Laban said to him, It is better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.

²⁷ Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, yet seven other years.

³¹ And when the Lord God saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

³⁵ And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Judah; and ceased bearing.

² And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?

²² And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and He opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.

⁵ And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to you? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant.

¹⁶ (And Jacob journeyed from Bethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,) and it came to pass when he drew near to Habratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel labored in childbirth; and she had hard labor. ¹⁷ And it came to pass in her hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for you shall also have this son. ¹⁸ And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, (that is, Bethlehem.) ²⁰ And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

⁸ And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to your brother.

²⁹ And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of you? And she called his name Perez.

¹¹ And I will provide for you there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest you be consumed, and your sons, and all your possessions.

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob — Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob was Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).

¹² And the sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). ¹³ And the sons of Perez were Esron, and Jemuel. And the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dinah his daughter; all the persons, sons and daughters, were thirty-three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbron, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ And the sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons. ¹⁹ And the sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob, were Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, even Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh were Sutalaam, and Taam. And the son of Sutalaam was Edom. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, and Ashbel. And the sons of Belah were Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, and Muppim. And Gera begot Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; eighteen persons in all. ²³ The son of Dan was Hushim. ²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; seven persons in all. ²⁶ And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six persons in all. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt were nine persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt were seventy-five persons.

¹² And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brothers, and to all the house of his father, bread for each person.

²¹ Also you shall select for yourself able men out of all the people, God fearing men, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens. ²² And they shall judge the people at all times, and those matters too burdensome they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you.

⁸ If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

²⁵ And if your brother who is with you is poor, and should have sold part of his possession, and his kinsman who is near to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold.

²⁵ And if your brother who is with you is poor, and should have sold part of his possession, and his kinsman who is near to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold. ²⁶ And if one have no near kinsman, and he prosper with his hand, and he find sufficient money, even his ransom; ²⁷ then shall he calculate the years of his sale, and he shall give what is due to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession. ²⁸ But if his hand has not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession. ²⁹ And if anyone should sell an inhabited house in a walled city, then there shall be the ransom of it, until the time is fulfilled: its time of ransom shall be a full year.

⁷ of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

¹ And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying, ² Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their lineage, everyone that goes forth to battle in Israel. ³ And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying, ⁴ This is the numbering from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt are as follows: ⁵ Reuben was the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and the family of Hanoch; to Pallu belongs the family of the Palluites. ⁶ To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: to Carmi, the family of Carmi. ⁷ These are the families of Reuben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the son of Pallu was Eliab. ⁹ And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram: these are renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Korah, in the rebellion against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Korah, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign. ¹¹ But the sons of Korah died not. ¹² And the sons of Simeon according to their families were: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to Jachin the family of the Jachinites. ¹³ To Zerah the family of the Zarhites; to Saul the family of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These are the families of Simeon according to their numbering: twenty-two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵ The sons of Gad according to their families were: to Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; to Haggi, the family of the Haggites; to Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ¹⁶ to Ozni, the family of the Oznites; to Eri, the family of the Erites; ¹⁷ to Arodi, the family of the Arodites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites. ¹⁸ These are the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering: forty-four thousand five hundred. ¹⁹ And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And these were the sons of Judah, according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

²⁰ And these were the sons of Judah, according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

²¹ And the sons of Perez were: to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ²² These are the families of Judah according to their numbering: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

²² These are the families of Judah according to their numbering: seventy-six thousand five hundred. ²³ And the sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites. ²⁴ Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the families of Issachar according to their numbering: sixty-four thousand four hundred. ²⁶ The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These are the families of Zebulun according to their numbering: sixty thousand five hundred. ²⁸ The sons of Joseph according to their families were: Mannasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The sons of Mannasseh: of Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰ And these are the sons of Galaad: of Abiezer, the family of the Abiezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ³¹ of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ³² of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ³³ And to Zelophedad the son of Hopher there were no sons, but daughters: and these were the names of the daughters of Zelophedad: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcha, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the families of Mannasseh according to their numbering: fifty-two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵ And these are the children of Ephraim: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Tanach, the family of the Tanachites. ³⁶ These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the families of Ephraim according to their numbering: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the families of the children of Joseph according to their families. ³⁸ The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ of Sophan, the family of the Sophanites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering: thirty-five thousand five hundred. ⁴² And the sons of Dan according to their families: to Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites; these are the families of Dan according to their families. ⁴³ All the families of Shuhamites according to their numbering were sixty-four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ The sons of Asher according to their families were: to Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; to Beriah, the family of the Beriites. ⁴⁵ To Hober, the family of the Hoberites; to Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ⁴⁷ These are the families of Asher according to their numbering; forty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: to Jahziel, the family of the Jahzielites; to Guni, the family of the Gunites. ⁴⁹ To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; to Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali, according to their numbering: forty thousand three hundred. ⁵¹ This is the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³ To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names. ⁵⁴ To the greater number you shall give the greater inheritance, and to the lesser number you shall give the lesser inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given. ⁵⁵ The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. ⁵⁶ You shall divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few. ⁵⁷ And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Korahites, and the family of the Musites; and Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹ And the name of his wife was Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai. ⁶² And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. ⁶³ And this is the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at the Jordan by Jericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom, even the children of Israel, they numbered in the Wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

¹⁸ You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment;

⁵ then shall you bring out that man, or that woman, and you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die.

¹⁹ then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place;

⁵ And if brothers should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out of the family to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her. ⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.

⁶ And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused.

⁷ And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her, ⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.

⁹ then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed.

¹⁰ You all stand today before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,

²⁸ Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

⁹ And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round about and destroy us from off the land: and what will You do for Your great name?

² And the man's name was Elimelech, and his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion — Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. ¹⁷ And wherever you die, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if I leave you, for death only shall divide between me and you. ¹⁸ And Naomi, seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her anymore.

¹¹ And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been told to me how you have dealt with your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people whom you knew not before. ¹² The Lord recompense your work; may a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come to trust under His wings.

¹¹ And now fear not, my daughter, whatever you shall say I will do for you; for all the tribe of my people knows that you are a virtuous woman. ¹² And now I am truly a relative to you; nevertheless there is a relative closer than I.

¹² And now I am truly a relative to you; nevertheless there is a relative closer than I. ¹³ Lodge here for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you — good, let him do it. But if he will not perform the duty of a close relative for you, then I will perform the relative's duty for you, as the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

¹³ Lodge here for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you — good, let him do it. But if he will not perform the duty of a close relative for you, then I will perform the relative's duty for you, as the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

¹² And let your house be as the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this maidservant.

¹⁸ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;

²¹ And Salmon begot Boaz; and Boaz begot Obed. ²² And Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David.

⁸ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Anna; and she said to him, Here am I, my lord. And he said to her, What ails you that you weep? And why do you not eat? And why does your heart smite you? Am I not better to you than ten children?

²⁷ For I have prayed for this child; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of Him.

⁵ They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has grown feeble.

²⁰ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to you decendants from this woman, in return for the loan which you have lent to the Lord. And the man returned to his place.

¹ And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for Me.

⁸ And she wrote a letter in the name of Ahab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Naboth.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ And the sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara — five in all. ⁷ And the son of Carmi was Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the son of Ethan was Azariah. ⁹ Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the house of Judah. ¹¹ And Nahshon begot Salma, and Salmon begot Boaz, ¹² and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse.

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.

¹ And the sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal;

⁷ When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.

²¹ if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

¹ A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall be continually in my mouth. ² My soul shall boast in the Lord; let the meek hear, and rejoice. ³ Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

¹⁶ but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

²² Cast your cares upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

¹ A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. ² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His praises;

¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.

⁵ The good man is he that pities and lends; he will direct his affairs with judgment.

⁹ who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.

³ Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.

³ Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts. ⁵ Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them; they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates.

³ Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house; your children as young olive-plants round about your table. ⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless you out of Zion; and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life ⁶ And may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephratha; we found it in the fields of the wood.

¹⁰ A bad man does evil with insolence, but they that are judges of themselves are wise.

¹ Wise women build houses, but a foolish one digs hers down with her hands.

²² He that has found a good wife has found favors, and has received favor from God. ^(18:22A) He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.

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¹⁴ Fathers divide house and substance to their children, but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

¹⁰ Who shall find a virtuous woman? For such a one is more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her; such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.

²³ And her husband becomes a distinguished person in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.

² And make for Me witnesses among faithful men, Uriah, and Zechariah the son of Berechiah. ³ And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil Quickly, Plunder Speedily.

¹ And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root;

¹ And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root; ² and the Spirit of God shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill Him; ³ the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report; ⁴ but He shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth; and He shall smite the earth with the word of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He destroy the ungodly one.

⁴ I am He; and until you have grown old, I am He; I bear you, I have made, and I will relieve, I will take up and save you.

¹⁹ Your seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the ground; neither now shall you by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall your name perish from before Me.

¹ You that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and milk without money or price.

⁷ Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallom your father's brother is coming to you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth: for you have the right of redemption, to buy it. ⁸ So Hanamel the son of Shallom my father's brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for you have a right to buy it, and you are the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord. ⁹ And I bought the field of Hanamel the son of my father's brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰ And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance. ¹¹ And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed; ¹² and I gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.

²⁵ And You have said to me, Buy the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city was given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

¹⁴ And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.

² So I hired her to myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.

¹² And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.

¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech. ¹¹ Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.

¹⁵ We have hated evil, and loved good; restore judgment in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

² And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.

⁶ Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord,

² And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from off the land, and there shall be no longer any remembrance of them: and I will cut off the false prophets and the evil spirit from the land.

¹⁴ Yet you said, For what reason? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have forsaken, and yet she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant.

³ Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

³ Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. ⁴ Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.

⁴ Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. ⁵ Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,

⁵ Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,

⁵ Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

⁶ and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

⁶ and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. ⁷ Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. ⁸ Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. ⁹ Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. ¹⁰ Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the captivity in Babylon. ¹² And after the captivity in Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. ¹³ Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. ¹⁴ Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. ¹⁵ Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. ¹⁶ And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham till David were fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon were fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ were fourteen generations. ¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to make her a public example, purposed to put her away secretly. ²⁰ But while he was thinking about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto you Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

⁶ 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.' "

²⁴ saying: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife as next of kin, and shall raise up offspring for his brother.

⁵⁸ And when her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁸ And when her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ Now it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they started to call him by the name of his father, Zacharias. ⁶⁰ His mother answered and said, "No; he shall be called John." ⁶¹ But they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." ⁶² So they made signs to his father about what he wished him to be called. ⁶³ And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "His name is John." And they all marveled.

³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Joram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

²⁸ saying: "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and this man dies childless, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

¹² And they aroused the people and the elders and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and led him to the council.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil; providing that which is good before all men.

²⁶ And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together; or if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.

²¹ having regard for honorable things, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

⁸ Finally, brothers, as many things as are true, as many as are honorable, as many as are just, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely--if there is any virtue and if there is any praise--meditate on these things.

¹⁸ In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

³ We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, and rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

⁴ Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.