Israel concluded that if it was a son it should be called David, and Ruth decided that if it was a daughter it should be called Naomi.

And Ruth delighted to tell of how when it was weaned she should take it up to the synagogue and say, "O Lord: I am the woman that knelt before Thee praying.

For this child I prayed, and Thou hast heard my prayer." And Israel told of how his son should grow up to be a Rabbi to minister before God, and how in those days it should come to pass that the children of his father's enemies should crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread.

Thus they built themselves castles in the air for the future of the child that was to come.
Ruth's time came at last, and it was also the time of the Feast of the Passover, being in the month of Nisan.

This was a cause of joy to Israel, for he was eager to triumph over his enemies face to face, and he could not wait eight other days for the Feast of the circumcision.