Then went Boaz <H1162> up <H5927> to the gate, <H8179> and sat him down <H3427> there: and, behold, the kinsman <H1350> of whom Boaz <H1162> spake <H1696> came by; <H5674> unto whom he said, <H0559> Ho, such <H6423> a one! <H0492> turn aside, <H5493> sit down <H3427> here. And he turned aside, <H5493> and sat down. <H3427>
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And he took <H3947> ten <H6235> men <H0582> of the elders <H2205> of the city, <H5892> and said, <H0559> Sit ye down <H3427> here. And they sat down. <H3427>
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And he said <H0559> unto the kinsman, <H1350> Naomi, <H5281> that is come again <H7725> out of the country <H7704> of Moab, <H4124> selleth <H4376> a parcel <H2513> of land, <H7704> which [was] our brother <H0251> Elimelech's: <H0458>
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And I thought <H0559> to advertise <H1540> <H0241> thee, saying, <H0559> Buy <H7069> [it] before the inhabitants, <H3427> and before the elders <H2205> of my people. <H5971> If thou wilt redeem <H1350> [it], redeem <H1350> [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem <H1350> [it, then] tell <H5046> me, that I may know: <H3045> for [there is] none to redeem <H1350> [it] beside <H2108> thee; and I [am] after <H0310> thee. And he said, <H0559> I will redeem <H1350> [it].
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Then said <H0559> Boaz, <H1162> What day <H3117> thou buyest <H7069> the field <H7704> of the hand <H3027> of Naomi, <H5281> thou must buy <H7069> [it] also of Ruth <H7327> the Moabitess, <H4125> the wife <H0802> of the dead, <H4191> to raise up <H6965> the name <H8034> of the dead <H4191> upon his inheritance. <H5159>
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And the kinsman <H1350> said, <H0559> I cannot <H3808> <H3201> redeem <H1350> [it] for myself, lest I mar <H7843> mine own inheritance: <H5159> redeem <H1350> thou my right <H1353> to thyself; for I cannot <H3808> <H3201> redeem <H1350> [it].
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Now this [was the manner] in former time <H6440> in Israel <H3478> concerning redeeming <H1353> and concerning changing, <H8545> for to confirm <H6965> all things; <H1697> a man <H0376> plucked off <H8025> his shoe, <H5275> and gave <H5414> [it] to his neighbour: <H7453> and this [was] a testimony <H8584> in Israel. <H3478>
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Therefore the kinsman <H1350> said <H0559> unto Boaz, <H1162> Buy <H7069> [it] for thee. So he drew off <H8025> his shoe. <H5275>
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And Boaz <H1162> said <H0559> unto the elders, <H2205> and [unto] all the people, <H5971> Ye [are] witnesses <H5707> this day, <H3117> that I have bought <H7069> all that [was] Elimelech's, <H0458> and all that [was] Chilion's <H3630> and Mahlon's, <H4248> of the hand <H3027> of Naomi. <H5281>
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Moreover Ruth <H7327> the Moabitess, <H4125> the wife <H0802> of Mahlon, <H4248> have I purchased <H7069> to be my wife, <H0802> to raise up <H6965> the name <H8034> of the dead <H4191> upon his inheritance, <H5159> that the name <H8034> of the dead <H4191> be not cut off <H3772> from among <H5973> his brethren, <H0251> and from the gate <H8179> of his place: <H4725> ye [are] witnesses <H5707> this day. <H3117>
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And all the people <H5971> that [were] in the gate, <H8179> and the elders, <H2205> said, <H0559> [We are] witnesses. <H5707> The LORD <H3068> make <H5414> the woman <H0802> that is come <H0935> into thine house <H1004> like Rachel <H7354> and like Leah, <H3812> which two <H8147> did build <H1129> the house <H1004> of Israel: <H3478> and do <H6213> thou worthily <H2428> in Ephratah, <H0672> and be famous <H7121> <H8034> in Bethlehem: <H1035>
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And let thy house <H1004> be like the house <H1004> of Pharez, <H6557> whom Tamar <H8559> bare <H3205> unto Judah, <H3063> of the seed <H2233> which the LORD <H3068> shall give <H5414> thee of this young woman. <H5291>
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So Boaz <H1162> took <H3947> Ruth, <H7327> and she was his wife: <H0802> and when he went in <H0935> unto her, the LORD <H3068> gave <H5414> her conception, <H2032> and she bare <H3205> a son. <H1121>
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And the women <H0802> said <H0559> unto Naomi, <H5281> Blessed <H1288> [be] the LORD, <H3068> which hath not left <H7673> thee this day <H3117> without a kinsman, <H1350> that his name <H8034> may be famous <H7121> in Israel. <H3478>
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And he shall be unto thee a restorer <H7725> of [thy] life, <H5315> and a nourisher <H3557> of thine old age: <H7872> for thy daughter in law, <H3618> which loveth <H0157> thee, which is better <H2896> to thee than seven <H7651> sons, <H1121> hath born <H3205> him.
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And Naomi <H5281> took <H3947> the child, <H3206> and laid <H7896> it in her bosom, <H2436> and became nurse <H0539> unto it.
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And the women her neighbours <H7934> gave <H7121> it a name, <H8034> saying, <H0559> There is a son <H1121> born <H3205> to Naomi; <H5281> and they called <H7121> his name <H8034> Obed: <H5744> he [is] the father <H0001> of Jesse, <H3448> the father <H0001> of David. <H1732>
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Now these [are] the generations <H8435> of Pharez: <H6557> Pharez <H6557> begat <H3205> Hezron, <H2696>
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And Hezron <H2696> begat <H3205> Ram, <H7410> and Ram <H7410> begat <H3205> Amminadab, <H5992>
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And Amminadab <H5992> begat <H3205> Nahshon, <H5177> and Nahshon <H5177> begat <H3205> Salmon, <H8009>
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And Salmon <H8012> begat <H3205> Boaz, <H1162> and Boaz <H1162> begat <H3205> Obed, <H5744>
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And Obed <H5744> begat <H3205> Jesse, <H3448> and Jesse <H3448> begat <H3205> David. <H1732>