| Chapter 4
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| 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. |
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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 neighbor: 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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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
neighbors 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, |
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| 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. |
