Ruth 4:5-6 ▼

5 Then Boaz (fleetness) said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi (my delight) and also from Ruth (friendship) the Moabitess (from father: what father?), you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

6 The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”