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Ruth

JudgesMatriarchIn the line of ChristJudahMoabites

Description

Moabite widow of Mahlon; refused to leave Naomi ('whither thou goest, I will go'). Married Boaz under the levirate principle and bore Obed, grandfather of David. Named in Matthew 1:5.

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Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.