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Ruth 4:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
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Role in This Section
This verse moves the genealogy through Amminadab, Nahshon, and Salmon.
Read It With
- Ruth 4:18–22
Read Ruth 4:18–22 together. This verse moves the genealogy through Amminadab, Nahshon, and Salmon. Read Ruth 4:18–22 as one complete scene: A ten-name genealogy traces Perez through Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, and Jesse to David.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs one step inside Ruth 4:18–22; isolating it would detach that step from the scene's vulnerability, agency, and outcome. Specifically, this verse moves the genealogy through Amminadab, Nahshon, and Salmon.
Read Ruth 4:18–22 together
Why these verses belong together: The complete ten-name Perez-to-David genealogy is a single literary unit.
Verse 18. 18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
Verse 19. 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
Verse 20. 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Verse 21. 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Verse 22. 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Continue in Context
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Read Ruth 4:18–22 — From Perez to DavidSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Ruth 4:18–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ruth
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew forms, morphology, repeated roots, clause relationships, names, and base wording behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ruth.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 4:18–22
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