Ruth 4:16
“And Naomi tooke the childe, and laid it in her bosome, and became nurse vnto it.”
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Ruth 4:16 Context
14And the women said vnto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a kinseman, that his name may bee famous in Israel: 15And he shalbe vnto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law which loueth thee, which is better to thee then seuen sonnes, hath borne him. 16And Naomi tooke the childe, and laid it in her bosome, and became nurse vnto it. 17And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a sonne borne to Naomi, and they called his name Obed: hee is the father of Iesse the father of Dauid. 18¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begate Hezron,
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And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
- King James Version
Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.
- Basic English Bible
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
- Darby Bible
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.
- Webster's Bible
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
- World English Bible
And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible