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  2. Boaz - Wikipedia

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    Boaz (/ ˈ b oʊ æ z /; Hebrew: בֹּעַז Bōʿaz; Hebrew pronunciation:) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in Jerusalem.

  3. Obed (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    Boaz and Ruth According to the Biblical Narrative , Obed ( Hebrew : עוֹבֵד , ‘Ōḇēḏ , "worshipper") was a son of Boaz and Ruth . [ 2 ] He is named as one of Jesus ' ancestors in the genealogies recorded in the Gospel of Matthew [ 3 ] and the Gospel of Luke .

  4. Mahlon and Chilion - Wikipedia

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    By marrying a relative of Mahlon's, she ensures that Mahlon's paternal lineage is remembered. The nearest relative declines, however, giving the rights to the levite marriage to Boaz, who marries Ruth. Her child, Obed (biologically Boaz's legally Mahlon's), becomes the paternal grandfather of David ha-Melech (King David).

  5. Ruth (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    Ruth in Boaz's Field by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. In the days when the judges were leading the tribes of Israel, there was a famine.Because of this crisis, Elimelech, a man from Bethlehem in Judah, moved to Moab with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion.

  6. Book of Ruth - Wikipedia

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    Boaz, being a close relative of Naomi's husband's family, is therefore obliged by the levirate law to marry Ruth, Mahlon's widow, to carry on his family's inheritance. Naomi sends Ruth to the threshing floor at night where Boaz sleeps, directing Ruth to "uncover his feet and lie down" and await his instructions" ( 3:4 ).

  7. List of women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Ruth – Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed. Obed is the descendant of Perez the son of Judah , and the grandfather of (king) David . Ruth , Matthew [ 171 ] [ 172 ]

  8. List of Jewish biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam; Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon; Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David; Daniel; Ezra, Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, prophets and leaders of the Babylonian captivity and Return to Zion; Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked ...

  9. Genealogies in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve.The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5, and 11, reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter.