This document is about Obed (son of Boaz). For other homonyms, please refer to the Obed document. He is the son born to Boaz and Ruth. Since Obed begot Jesse and Jesse begot David, he is an ancestor of Jesus Christ.
Ruth 4:13The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.Ruth 4:14He 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.”Ruth 4:15Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.Ruth 4:16The 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.Ruth 4:17Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,Ruth 4:18and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,Ruth 4:19and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,Ruth 4:20and Salmon became the father of Boaz), and Boaz became the father of Obed,Ruth 4:21and Obed became the father of Jesse), and Jesse became the father of David.Ruth 4:22and Obed became the father of Jesse), and Jesse became the father of David.
1 Chronicles 2:12and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
Matthew 1:5Jesse became the father of King David). David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
Luke 3:32the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,