Ruth 4:15 meaning and explanation

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

Ruth 4:15, Berean Standard Bible

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The women of Bethlehem are speaking to Naomi, whose husband and sons died in Moab and who returned empty. Now Ruth has borne a son, and the women bless the LORD for giving Naomi a kinsman-redeemer, a Hebrew term (go'el) for the relative who restores what was lost.

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