Rut 4:16 | CPDV | STEP | And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.

Ruth 4:16

16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him. ^{▼▼4:16Naomi was not very old, despite her protests in Ruth 1:12, for she was still able to nurse this child. The word nutricis has a meaning more like nursing a child, and less like nursing a patient.(Conte)}