Bible Strands
Ruth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator concludes the genealogical record by listing Obed as the father of Jesse and Jesse as the father of David, finalizing the ancestral line.
The words — The Hebrew verb הוֹלִיד (ho.Lid) literally means "he fathered" and appears twice to establish direct paternal succession.
The thread — The text places this lineage within broader biblical records, appearing in 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Chronicles 2:15, and Isaiah 11:1.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge a documented historical succession that grounds Israel’s monarchy in a specific ancestral line.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 1 Chronicles 2:15 Ozem sixth, and David seventh.
- Isaiah 11:1 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- Matthew 1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- Luke 3:31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,