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And he will turn aside, and sit down. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he will take ten men from the old men of the city, and he will say, Sit ye down here. And they will sit down. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he will say to the blood relative, The portion of the field which was to our brother Elimelech, Naomi turning back from the field of Moab, sells: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I said, I will reveal to thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the old men of my people. If thou wilt redeem, redeem: and if thou wilt not redeem, announce to me, and I shall know: for none besides thee to redeem; and I after thee; and he will say, I will redeem. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Boaz will say, In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, and from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, thou boughtest it to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the near relative will say, I shall not be able to redeem for me, lest I shall destroy my inheritance: redeem to thyself; thou the near relative: for I shall not be able to redeem.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And this before in Israel upon redemption and upon exchange, to set up all the word; a man drew off his shoe and gave to his neighbor: and this the precept in Israel. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the blood relative will say to Boaz, Buy for thee. And he will draw off his shoe. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Boaz will say to the old men and all the people, Ye are witnesses this day that I bought all which was to Elimelech, and all which was to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I bought to me for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; and the name of the dead shall not be cut off from his brethren and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And all the people which are in the gate will say, and the old men, Witnesses. Jehovah will give the woman coming into thy house as Rachel and as Leah, which they two built up the house of Israel: and make thou power in Ephratah, and call a name in the house of bread. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And thy house shall be as the house of Pharez which Tamar bare to Judah, from the seed which Jehovah shall give to thee from this maiden.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Boaz Marries Ruth<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Boaz will take Ruth, and she will be to him for a wife: and he will come in to her, and Jehovah will give to her conception, and she will bring forth a son. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the women will say to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah who caused not to cease to thee a blood relation this day; and his name shall be called in Israel. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And being to thee for the turning back the soul, and to nourish thy gray hairs: for thy daughter-in-law who loved thee brought him forth; for she is good to thee above seven sons.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Naomi will take the child and put him in her bosom, and she will be to him for nurse. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the neighbors will call to him a name, saying, A son was born to Naomi; and they will call his name Obed: he the father of Jesse, the father of David.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Line of David<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1–17</a>; <a href ="../luke/3.htm#23">Luke 3:23–38</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And these the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Aminadab, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Aminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon begat Salmon, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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