Bible verse
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
Ruth 4:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ruth 4.
12 And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
16 And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
17 The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations 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 Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
KJV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
ASV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
ERV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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