Family Tree of Those Mentioned
| Elimelech | Naomi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boaz | Ruth | Mahlon | Orpah | Chilion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Obed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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