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Ruth 4:16
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.
Ruth 4:16 · Webster 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, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
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In context
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be to thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thy old age: for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.
17 And the women, her neighbors, 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.
18 Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
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