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Part of the genealogy of Christ Mentioned in the Bible by name
Obed (Boaz son)

Time-period: ❹ Mose-David (1400 – 1000 f.Kr.)
Age: -
Father: Boaz
Mother: Ruth
children (1): Jesse

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Usage in the Bible


Obed H5744
עוֹבֵד (Oved)
10 times in OT
Obed G5601
Ὠβήδ (Obed)
3 times in NT
Total    13 times

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Ruth 4:17
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The neighbor women named [confirmed and witnessed the naming of] the boy by saying: ”A son has been born to Naomi!” They named him Oved [meaning ”one who serves”]. He became the father of Jishaj [Jesse], David’s father.
[The Hebrew letter Beth is pronounced either ”b” or ”v” depending on its placement in the word. If ”Bet” begins the word, it is usually pronounced ”b”, otherwise ”v”. Ruth’s son’s name is spelled Obed but is pronounced Oved and is usually transliterated that way. The Hebrew name of David’s father is Yisay. Other common forms are Isai or Ishai; the English name is Jesse.
There is a beautiful balance in the book. The conclusion, verses 13–17, has 71 Hebrew words, exactly as many as the introduction, verses 1-5. The introduction focus­es on Naomi’s emptiness and the conclusion on her fullness.]
Ruth 4:21
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Salmon [became the ancestor] of Boaz [who married Ruth, about 1120 BC],
Boaz [became the father] of Oved [born about 1120 BC],
Ruth 4:22
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Oved [became the father] of Jishaj [born about 1080 BC].
and Jishaj [became the father] of David [born c. 1040 BC].
[The highlight of the genealogy is the last name David, see Matt. 1:3–6; Luke 3:31–33. Between Salmon and David, probably not all family lines are included. Joshua takes Jericho around 1400 BC and David is born around 1040 BC. So there are 360 years between these events, but only three people are mentioned. If there are no missing links, Boaz, Oved and Jishaj must all have been over 120 years old when they gave birth to their sons, which is unlikely as life expectancy at this time was 70–80 years. The beginning and end of the family tree is described in other books. The gap is therefore either between Salmon and Boaz, or between Oved and Jishaj. Since we have several details about Oved and Boaz, how Naomi held him in her arms and all the women in the city witness the event in Ruth 4:13–17, it is most likely that Oved is the son of Boaz and Ruth. The conclusion is that the gap must be between Salmon, who lived during Joshua’s time, and Boaz who lived when the events in this book took place. The lack of family lines is not surprising and does not indicate that there are errors in the Bible. Both the Hebrew and Greek word for ”father” can also mean ”ancestor” or ”relative”. Depending on the author’s purpose, it is common to sometimes skip a few lines to show the overall relationship. Here the goal is to show how Pereth is related through Boaz to David. Another example is Matthew who sometimes skips some lines to get a literary symmetry of 3 groups with 14 generations in each group, see Matt. 1:1–17.]
1 Ch 2:12
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Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
Matt 1:5
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Salmon begot Boaz, whose mother was Rahab (Gk. Rachav) [a pagan who welcomed the Israeli spies in Jericho, see Josh. 2],
Boaz begot Obed, whose mother was Ruth [a Moabite who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Judah, see Ruth 1-4],
Obed begot Jesse (Isaiah),
Luke 3:32
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son to Jesse (Jishai),
son of Obed (Oved),
son of Boaz,
son of Salma,
son of Nahshon (Nachshon),