Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive, and to bear a son. 14And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor: that his name should be preserved in Israel. 15And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. 16And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it. 17And the women, her neighbours, congratulating with her, and saying, There is a son born to Noemi, called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.