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Ruth 4:20

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and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
Ruth 4:20 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
  • BSB Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
  • NKJV Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;
  • NASB and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
  • NLT Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Num 1:7Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
  • Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
  • Matt 1:4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (5)
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Christ at the center

Boaz the kinsman-redeemer who buys back the destitute and takes a bride foreshadows Christ, our Redeemer who pays the price to make a people his own; and from Ruth's line comes David, and David's greater Son.

How Ruth 4:20 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And AmminadabעַמִּינָדָבbegatיָלַדNahshonנַחְשׁוֹןand NahshonנַחְשׁוֹןbegatיָלַדSalmonשַׂלְמָה
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