Ruth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Cross-reference
Ruth 4:17
Parallel
In Ruth 4:17, the child is named Obed, fulfilling the promise of a restorer of life from verse 15.
Ruth 1:16–18
Parallel
In Ruth 1:16-18, Ruth pledges loyal love to Naomi; here that love is praised as surpassing seven sons.
1 Samuel 1:8
Parallel
In 1 Samuel 1:8, Elkanah uses a similar 'more than ten sons' comparison, showing a cultural idiom for value.