Discovery BoxRuth 4:13 
ContextA Grandson is Born to Naomi
4:13 So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. 1 The Lord enabled her to conceive 2 and she gave birth to a son.
Ruth 4:17
Context4:17 The neighbor women named him, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. 3 Now he became the father of Jesse – David’s father!
1 tn Heb “and Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife and he went in to her.” Here the phrase “went in to her” (so NASB) is a euphemism for having sexual relations (cf. NCV); NLT “When he slept with her.”
2 tn Heb “gave her conception” (so KJV); NRSV “made her conceive”; NLT “enabled her to become pregnant.”
3 tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).
