Ruth 2:1 Cross References - LEB

¹ _⌊Now_⌋* Naomi _⌊had a relative of her husband_⌋,* _⌊a prominent rich man_⌋* from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

¹⁷ And you may think* in your heart, 'My strength and the might of my hand _⌊acquired this wealth for_⌋* me.' ¹⁸ But you must remember Yahweh your God, for he is the one giving you strength to acquire wealth in order to confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors* _⌊as it is today_⌋.*

⁸ After him Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel. ⁹ He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters away in marriage outside his clan and brought in from outside thirty young women for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years. ¹⁰ Then* Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

² And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephraimites from Bethlehem in Judah. And they went to the countryside of Moab and remained there.

² So then, is not Boaz our kinsman whose maidservants you were with? Look, he is winnowing the barley at the threshing floor tonight.

¹² Now truly I am a redeemer, but there is also a redeemer of a closer relationship than me.

²¹ and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,

¹⁰ And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. ¹¹ And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz. ¹² And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

³ Then* his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs* of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great or* because my hand found a fortune,

⁵ and Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed became the father of Jesse,

³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,