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Just then, the relative about whom he had spoken was passing by. Boaz said, "Please come over here and sit, my friend." So the man came over and sat down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then Boaz chose ten men who were leaders of that city and said, "Sit here." So they also sat down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Boaz said to the man, "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the field that belonged to our relative Elimelech. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So I said that I would inform you. Buy it in the presence of these men sitting here and in the presence of the leaders of our people. If you wish to buy back the property, you can buy back the property. But if you do not wish to buy back the property, tell me. Then I will know that I am next in line because there is no other relative except me." The man said, "I'll buy back the property." <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Boaz continued, "When you buy the field from Naomi, you will also assume responsibility for the Moabite Ruth, the dead man's widow. This keeps the inheritance in the dead man's name." <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The man replied, "In that case I cannot assume responsibility for her. If I did, I would ruin my inheritance. Take all my rights to buy back the property for yourself, because I cannot assume that responsibility."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>(This is the way it used to be in Israel concerning buying back property and exchanging goods: In order to make every matter legal, a man would take off his sandal and give it to the other man. This was the way a contract was publicly approved in Israel.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So when the man said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he took off his sandal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Boaz said to the leaders and to all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In addition, I have bought as my wife the Moabite Ruth, Mahlon's widow, to keep the inheritance in the dead man's name. In this way the dead man's name will not be cut off from his relatives or from the public records. Today you are witnesses." <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>All the people who were at the gate, including the leaders, said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make this wife, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built our family of Israel. So show your strength of character in Ephrathah and make a name for yourself in Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Also, from the descendant whom the LORD will give you from this young woman, may your family become like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave birth to for Judah."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Boaz took Ruth home, and she became his wife. He slept with her, and the LORD gave her the ability to become pregnant. So she gave birth to a son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The women said to Naomi, "Praise the LORD, who has remembered today to give you someone who will take care of you. The child's name will be famous in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He will bring you a new life and support you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law who loves you is better to you than seven sons, because she has given birth."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Naomi took the child, held him on her lap, and became his guardian. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The women in the neighborhood said, "Naomi has a son." So they gave him the name Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>This is the account of Perez and his family. [Perez] was the father of Hezron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>[Hezron] was the father of Ram. [Ram] was the father of Amminadab. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>[Amminadab] was the father of Nahshon. [Nahshon] was the father of Salmon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>[Salmon] was the father of Boaz. [Boaz] was the father of Obed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>[Obed] was the father of Jesse. [Jesse] was the father of [David].</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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