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.
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
neighbour: 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.
10 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.
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:
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.
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 neighbours 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,
19 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.
