Obed - that is, serving, with allusion to the service of love and duty that he would render to his grandmother Naomi.

Obed. — that is, a serving one.

(18–22). This short genealogy, abruptly added, may be due to a later hand, it being thought…

And the women her neighbours gave it a name
Josephus says ^F17 Naomi gave it, by the advice of her neighbo…

Ruth bore a son, through whom thousands and myriads were born to God. In being the lineal ancestor of Christ, she was instrumental in the happine o…