1Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there, and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by, to whom he said, “Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here”. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”. And they sat down.
3And he said to the kinsman, “Naomi, who has returned out of the country of Moab, sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's;
4And I thought to tell you, saying, “Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people”. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it except you, and I am after you”. And he said, “I will redeem it”.
5Then said Boaz, “Whatever day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance”.
6And the kinsman said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, or I may mar my own inheritance. Redeem my right to it yourself; for I cannot redeem it”.
7Now this was the manner in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, to confirm all matters: a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was a testimony in Israel.
8Therefore, the kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself”. So, he drew off his shoe.
9And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, “You 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.
10Moreover I have purchased Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.”
11And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman who is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel, and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem;
12And let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give you of this young woman”.
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, Who has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15And he shall be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.
16And Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became nurse unto him.
17And the women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed”: Obed is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,
19And Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab,
20And Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
21And Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,
22And Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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