A moment in scripture

Ruth 4:16

"

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

"
Ruth 4:16Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. Ruth 4:14

    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

  2. Ruth 4:15

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

  3. Ruth 4:17

    And the women her neighbours 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.

  4. Ruth 4:18

    Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

Read all of Ruth 4 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.