Matthew 1:5
Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
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- Ruth 1:16–17 Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
- Hebrews 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.
- James 2:25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?