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Boaz Marries Ruth

4Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down.H5927H1162H5927H8179H3427H1350H1162H1696H5674H559H1945H6423H492H5493H3427H5493H3427
2Then Boaz got ten of the leaders of the town and asked them to sit down there too. When they were seated,H3947H6235H582H2205H5892H559H3427H3427
3he said to his relative, "Now that Naomi has come back from Moab, she wants to sell the field that belonged to our relative Elimelech,H559H1350H5281H7725H7704H4124H4376H2513H7704H251H458
4and I think you ought to know about it. Now then, if you want it, buy it in the presence of these men sitting here. But if you don't want it, say so, because the right to buy it belongs first to you and then to me." The man said, "I will buy it."H559H1540H241H559H7069H3427H2205H5971H1350H1350H1350H5046H3045H1350H2108H310H559H1350
5Boaz said, "Very well, if you buy the field from Naomi, then you are also buying Ruth, the Moabite widow, so that the field will stay in the dead man's family."H559H1162H3117H7069H7704H3027H5281H7069H7327H4125H802H4191H6965H8034H4191H5159
6The man answered, "In that case I will give up my right to buy the field, because it would mean that my own children would not inherit it. You buy it; I would rather not."H1350H559H3201H1350H7843H5159H1350H1353H3201H1350
7Now in those days, to settle a sale or an exchange of property, it was the custom for the seller to take off his sandal and give it to the buyer. In this way the Israelites showed that the matter was settled.H6440H3478H1353H8545H6965H1697H376H8025H5275H5414H7453H8584H3478
8So when the man said to Boaz, "You buy it," he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.H1350H559H1162H7069H8025H5275
9Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there, "You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon.H1162H559H2205H5971H5707H3117H7069H458H3630H4248H3027H5281
10In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man's family, and his family line will continue among his people and in his hometown. You are witnesses to this today."H7327H4125H802H4248H7069H802H6965H8034H4191H5159H8034H4191H3772H5973H251H8179H4725H5707H3117
11The leaders and the others said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May the LORD make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrath and famous in Bethlehem.H5971H8179H2205H559H5707H3068H5414H802H935H1004H7354H3812H8147H1129H1004H3478H6213H2428H672H7121H8034H1035
12May the children that the LORD will give you by this young woman make your family like the family of Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar."H1004H1004H6557H8559H3205H3063H2233H3068H5414H5291

Boaz and His Descendants

13So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife. The LORD blessed her, and she became pregnant and had a son.H1162H3947H7327H802H935H3068H5414H2032H3205H1121
14The women said to Naomi, "Praise the LORD! He has given you a grandson today to take care of you. May the boy become famous in Israel!H802H559H5281H1288H3068H7673H3117H1350H8034H7121H3478
15Your daughter-in-law loves you, and has done more for you than seven sons. And now she has given you a grandson, who will bring new life to you and give you security in your old age."H7725H5315H3557H7872H3618H157H2896H7651H1121H3205
16Naomi took the child, held him close, and took care of him.H5281H3947H3206H7896H2436H539
17The women of the neighborhood named the boy Obed. They told everyone, "A son has been born to Naomi!" Obed became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.H7934H7121H8034H559H1121H3205H5281H7121H8034H5744H1H3448H1H1732
18This is the family line from Perez to David:H8435H6557H6557H3205H2696
19Perez, Hezron, Ram,H2696H3205H7410H7410H3205H5992
20Amminadab, Nahshon,H5992H3205H5177H5177H3205H8009
21Salmon, Boaz,H8012H3205H1162H1162H3205H5744
22Obed, Jesse, David.H5744H3205H3448H3448H3205H1732


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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