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4No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin, of whom Boaz had spoken, came passing by. So Boaz said, "Come over, friend; sit down here." And he went over and sat down.H5927H1162H5927H8179H3427H1350H1162H1696H5674H559H1945H6423H492H5493H3427H5493H34272Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here"; so they sat down.H3947H6235H582H2205H5892H559H3427H34273He then said to the next-of-kin, "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our kinsman Elimelech.H559H1350H5281H7725H7704H4124H4376H2513H7704H251H4584So I thought I would tell you of it, and say: Buy it in the presence of those sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not, tell me, so that I may know; for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I come after you." So he said, "I will redeem it."H559H1540H241H559H7069H3427H2205H5971H1350H1350H1350H5046H3045H1350H2108H310H559H13505Then Boaz said, "The day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you are also acquiring Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead man, to maintain the dead man's name on his inheritance."H559H1162H3117H7069H7704H3027H5281H7069H7327H4125H802H4191H6965H8034H4191H51596At this, the next-of-kin said, "I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it."H1350H559H3201H1350H7843H5159H1350H1353H3201H13507Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one took off a sandal and gave it to the other; this was the manner of attesting in Israel.H6440H3478H1353H8545H6965H1697H376H8025H5275H5414H7453H8584H34788So when the next-of-kin said to Boaz, "Acquire it for yourself," he took off his sandal.H1350H559H1162H7069H8025H52759Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have acquired from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon.H1162H559H2205H5971H5707H3117H7069H458H3630H4248H3027H528110I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to maintain the dead man's name on his inheritance, in order that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his kindred and from the gate of his native place; today you are witnesses."H7327H4125H802H4248H7069H802H6965H8034H4191H5159H8034H4191H3772H5973H251H8179H4725H5707H311711Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;H5971H8179H2205H559H5707H3068H5414H802H935H1004H7354H3812H8147H1129H1004H3478H6213H2428H672H7121H8034H103512and, through the children that the LORD will give you by this young woman, may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."H1004H1004H6557H8559H3205H3063H2233H3068H5414H529113So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the LORD made her conceive, and she bore a son.H1162H3947H7327H802H935H3068H5414H2032H3205H112114Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel!H802H559H5281H1288H3068H7673H3117H1350H8034H7121H347815He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him."H7725H5315H3557H7872H3618H157H2896H7651H1121H320516Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse.H5281H3947H3206H7896H2436H53917The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David.H7934H7121H8034H559H1121H3205H5281H7121H8034H5744H1H3448H1H173218Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,H8435H6557H6557H3205H269619Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab,H2696H3205H7410H7410H3205H599220Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,H5992H3205H5177H5177H3205H800921Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,H8012H3205H1162H1162H3205H574422Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.H5744H3205H3448H3448H3205H1732
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