Ruth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:
Cross-reference
Genesis 24:60 blesses Rebekah with offspring and victory, echoing the blessing on Ruth to build up the house of Israel like Rachel and Leah.
Genesis 29:32-35 records Leah bearing the first sons of Jacob, directly showing how Rachel and Leah began building the house of Israel.
Genesis 30:1-24 continues the births of more sons through Rachel and Leah, further building the house of Israel as invoked in the blessing.
Deuteronomy 25:9 provides the levirate law involving sandal removal, which is enacted in Ruth 4, setting the legal context for the blessing.
Micah 5:2 prophesies a ruler from Bethlehem Ephrathah, connecting the town's significance to the Davidic line blessed in Ruth.
Matthew 2:6 quotes Micah 5:2, showing Bethlehem as Messiah's birthplace, fulfilling the blessing's location.
Genesis 29:16 introduces Rachel and Leah, the very matriarchs invoked in Ruth's blessing as house-builders.
In Genesis 48:20, Jacob uses the same 'may you be like' formula—'God make you as Ephraim and Manasseh'—directly paralleling the blessing for Ruth.
In 1 Samuel 2:20, Eli blesses Elkanah for children—a similar prayer for fruitfulness like 'make the woman like Rachel and Leah'.
Jeremiah 29:22 presents a curse formula 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab'—opposite to the blessing formula using Rachel and Leah here.
Genesis 35:16-20 recounts Rachel's death in childbirth at Ephrath (Bethlehem), the very place where Ruth is blessed, linking the matriarch's story to the location.
Genesis 35:19 records Rachel's burial at Ephrath (Bethlehem), linking the matriarch to the place mentioned in the blessing.
Proverbs 14:1 uses the same 'builds her house' metaphor for wisdom, paralleling the blessing's image of Rachel and Leah building Israel.