4:21

Salmon was the father of Boaz: Salmon may have been an ancestor rather than the father of Boaz. Other details given in the OT about the lives of Boaz, Obed, Jesse, and David suggest that there are no extra generations between any of them. However, the length of time between Nahshon and Boaz makes it likely that several generations were not listed. Matthew 1:5 records that Salmon married Rahab, who lived in Joshua’s time, when the Israelites were entering Canaan.

Boaz was the father of Obed: Obed’s birth is described in 4:13–17, but nothing more is written in the Bible about his life after that.

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