Ruth 4
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3 4
1 Then went Boaz up to
the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz
spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down
here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders
of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman,
Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of
land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4 And I thought to advertise thee,
saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my
people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt
not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is
none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he
said, I will redeem it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of
Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead
upon his inheritance.
6 And the kinsman said, I cannot
redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou
my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7 Now this was the manner in
former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to
confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his
neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto
Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 And Boaz said unto
the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this
day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was
Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the
wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of
the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off
from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are
witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were
in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make
the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which
two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and
be famous in Bethlehem:
12 And let thy house be like the
house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD
shall give thee of this young woman.
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.
14 And the women said unto Naomi,
Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a
kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
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.
16 And Naomi took the child, and
laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave
it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name
Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the
generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram
begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and
Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz
begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse
begat David.
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