Burnt offerings XXVI

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar - bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

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For God,

said she,

hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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And when the workman saw that the tree was good for food,

and that it was pleasant to the eyes,

and a tree to be desired to make - one wise, - she took of the fruit thereof,

and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;

and he did eat.

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And Boaz said unto the elders,

and unto all the people,

Ye are witnesses this day,

that I have bought all that was Elimelech's,

and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's,

of the hand of Naomi.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess,

the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife,

to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,

that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren,

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And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:

and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;

and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

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and from the gate of his place:

ye are witnesses this day.

So Boaz took Ruth,

and she was his wife:

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and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

And it came to pass,

when she was in hard labour,

that the midwife said unto her,

Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni:

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and when he went in unto her,

the Lord gave her conception,

and she bare a son.

And the workmen said unto Naomi,

Blessed be the Lord,

which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee,

which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

And Naomi took the child,

and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name,

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And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

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And one told Jacob,

and said,

Behold,

thy son Joseph cometh unto thee:

and Israel strengthened himself,

and sat upon the bed.

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And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons,

he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,

and was gathered unto his people.

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saying,

There is a son born to Naomi;

and they called his name Obed:

he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Now these are the generations of Pharez:

Pharez begat Hezron,

And Hezron begat Ram,

and Ram begat Amminadab,

And Amminadab begat Nahshon,

and Nahshon begat Salmon,

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

And Obed begat Jesse,

and Jesse begat

David the King

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