Ruth:4

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* And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there . And behold , the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by . And he said , Such a one ! Turn aside , sit down here . And he turned aside and sat down . * And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said , Come sit down here . And they sat down . * And he said to the kinsman , Naomi , who has come again out of the country of Moab , sells a parcel of land which [was ] our brother Elimelech 's . * And I said I will tell it in your ear , saying , Buy [it ] before those who live here , and before the elders of my people . If you will redeem , redeem [it ]. But if you will not redeem , tell me so that I may know . For there is none to redeem besides you . And I am after you . And he said , I will redeem . * And Boaz said , In the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi , you must buy also from the hand of Ruth of Moab , the wife of the dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . * And the kinsman said , I cannot redeem for myself , lest I mar my own inheritance . You redeem my right to yourself , for I cannot redeem . * And this [was the custom ] in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing , to confirm everything . A man plucked off his sandal and gave it to his neighbor . And this was a testimony in Israel . * Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz , Buy [it ] for yourself . So he drew off his sandal . * And Boaz said to the elders and 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 , from the hand of Naomi . * And also Ruth of Moab , the wife of Mahlon , I have purchased to be my wife , to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance , so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place . You are ] witnesses this day . * And all the people in the gate , and the elders , said , We [are ] witnesses . May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah , for these two built the house of Israel . And may you be blessed in Ephratah , and be famous in Bethlehem . * And let your house be like the house of Pharez , whom Tamar bore to Judah , of the seed which the LORD shall give you of this young woman . * And Boaz took Ruth , and she was his wife . And when he went in to her , the LORD made her conceive . And she bore a son . * And the women said to Naomi , Blessed [be ] the LORD , who has not left you this day without a redeemer , so that his name may be famous in Israel . * And he shall be to you as a restorer of life , and one who cheers your old age . For your daughter-in-law who loves you has borne him , she who is better to you than seven sons . * And Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom , and became nurse to it . * 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 . * And these [are ] the generations of Pharez . Pharez fathered Hezron , * and Hezron fathered Ram , and Ram fathered Amminadab , * and Amminadab fathered Nahshon , and Nahshon fathered Salmon , * and Salmon fathered Boaz , and Boaz fathered Obed , * and Obed fathered Jesse , and Jesse fathered David .

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