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Ruth 4:16
Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
Ruth 4:16 · World English Bible
Ruth 4:16 in other translations
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and looked after him.
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In context
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
14 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
16 Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
17 The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
19 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
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