[1] Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the
near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one!
turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. [2] He took ten
men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. They sat down.
[3] He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out of the
country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother
Elimelech`s: [4] I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before
those who sit here, 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 besides you; and I am after you. He
said, I will redeem it. [5] Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of
the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of
the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. [6] The near
kinsman said, I can`t redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance:
take my right of redemption on you; for I can`t redeem it. [7] Now this was
[the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to
his neighbor; and this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel. [8] So
the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. He drew off his shoe.
[9] 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. [10] Moreover Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up
the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be
cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are
witnesses this day. [11] All the people who were in the gate, and the
elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into
your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel:
and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem: [12] and let
your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the
seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman. [13] So Boaz took
Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her
conception, and she bore a son. [14] The women said to Naomi, Blessed be
Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his
name be famous in Israel. [15] He shall be to you a restorer of life, and
sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who
is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. [16] Naomi took the child,
and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. [17] The women her
neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they
named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. [18] Now
this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of
Hezron, [19] and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father
of Amminadab, [20] and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon
became the father of Salmon, [21] and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and
Boaz became the father of Obed, [22] and Obed became the father of Jesse,
and Jesse became the father of David.
