Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
Cross-references
In Ruth 4:12, the elders blessed Boaz with offspring; here that blessing is realized as Ruth conceives.
In Ruth 3:11, Boaz promises to do all Ruth asks; here he fulfills that by marrying her and providing an heir.
In Genesis 20:18, the Lord closed wombs as judgment; here He opens Ruth's womb in blessing — a contrasting divine action.
In Genesis 30:22, God opens Rachel's womb — a direct parallel to God giving conception here.
In Genesis 21:1-3, God fulfills His promise to Sarah with Isaac's birth — a parallel divine gift of a son continuing the covenant line, as here with Obed.
In Genesis 30:2, Jacob says God controls fertility — this verse echoes that God is the giver of children.
In Psalm 113:9, God gives the barren woman children — Ruth, though not barren, receives a son from God.
In Psalm 127:3, children are a heritage from the Lord — Ruth's son is a divine reward.