and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
- BSB Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
- NKJV Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
- NASB and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
- NLT Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.
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Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
- 1 Chr 2:15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
- Isa 11:1A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
- Luke 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
- Matt 1:6Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
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