Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 38:16
רבי אלעזר אמר מהכא (תהלים עז, טז) גאלת בזרוע עמך בני יעקב ויוסף סלה וכי יוסף ילד והלא יעקב ילד אלא יעקב ילד ויוסף כילכל לפיכך נקראו על שמו
R. Hanina says this is derived from the following: And the women her neighbours, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ruth IV, 17. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> Was it then Naomi who bore him? Surely it was Ruth who bore him! But Ruth bore and Naomi brought him up; hence he was called after her [Naomi's] name.
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