Ruth:4
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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 .
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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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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz ,
Buy it for thee .
So he drew off his shoe .
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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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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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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 .
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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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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 .
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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 .
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And Naomi took the child ,
and laid it in her bosom ,
and became nurse unto it .
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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 .
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Now these are the generations of Pharez :
Pharez begat Hezron ,
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And Hezron begat Ram ,
and Ram begat Amminadab ,
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And Amminadab begat Nahshon ,
and Nahshon begat Salmon ,
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And Salmon begat Boaz ,
and Boaz begat Obed ,
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And Obed begat Jesse ,
and Jesse begat David .