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* Then wentBoaz up to the gate sha #ar #, 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 . * And he took ten men of the elders of the city , and said , Sit ye down here . And they sat down . * And he said unto the kinsman , Naomi No #omiy #, that is come again out of the country of Moab Mow #ab #, selleth a parcel of land , which was our brother Elimelechs : * 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 . * Then said Boaz Bo #az #, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi No #omiy #, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess Mow #abiy #, the wife of the dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . * 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 . * 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 na #al #, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel Yisra #el #. * Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz Bo #az #, Buy it for thee . So he drew off his shoe na #al #. * And Boaz said unto the elders , and unto all the people , Ye are witnesses this day , that I have bought all that was Elimelechs , and all that was Chilions and Mahlons , of the hand of Naomi No #omiy #. * Moreover Ruth the Moabitess Mow #abiy #, 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 . * And all the people that were in the gate sha #ar #, and the elders , said , We are witnesses . The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah Le #ah #, which two did build the house of Israel Yisra #el #: and do thou worthily in Ephratah , and be famous in Bethlehem Beyth : * 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 na #arah #. * 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 . * And the women said unto Naomi No #omiy #, Blessed be the LORD , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman , that his name may be famous in Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 . * And Naomi took the child , and laid it in her bosom , and became nurse unto it . * And the women her neighbours gave it a name , saying , There is a son born to Naomi No #omiy #; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of Jesse , the father of David . * Now these are the generations of Pharez : Pharez begat Hezron , * And Hezron begat Ram , and Ram begat Amminadab , * And Amminadab begat Nahshon , and Nahshon begat Salmon , * And Salmon begat Boaz Bo #az #, and Boaz begat Obed , * And Obed begat Jesse , and Jesse begat David .

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