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Matthew 1:5

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And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
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  1. Ruth 1:16–17Rank 1 from verse 5
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    16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

    17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

  2. Hebrews 11:31Rank 2 from verse 5
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    31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

  3. James 2:25Rank 3 from verse 5
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    25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

  4. Joshua 6:22–25Rank 4 from verse 5
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    22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

    23And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

    24And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

    25And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Matthew 1:5

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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Ruth

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Ruth, the Moabitish woman whose history is recorded in the book bearing her name.

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4And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

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6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

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