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<span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem — redeem, and if none doth redeem — declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.’ And he saith, I redeem [it].’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Boaz saith, ‘In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought [it], to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the redeemer saith, ‘I am not able to redeem [it] for myself, lest I destroy mine inheritance; redeem for thyself — thou — my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And this [is] formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given [it] to his neighbour, and this [is] the testimony in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the redeemer saith to Boaz, ‘Buy [it] for thyself,’ and draweth off his sandal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Boaz saith to the elders, and [to] all the people, ‘Witnesses [are] ye to-day that I have bought all that [is] to Elimelech, and all that [is] to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye [are] to-day.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And all the people who [are] in the gate say — also the elders — ‘Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.’</p> <p class="hdg">Boaz Marries Ruth</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the women say unto Naomi, ‘Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath not let a redeemer cease to thee to-day, and his name is proclaimed in Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee — who is better to thee than seven sons — hath borne him.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, ‘There hath been a son born to Naomi,’ and they call his name Obed; he [is] father of Jesse, father of David.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Line of David<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1-17</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm#23">Luke 3:23-38</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminidab, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, <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></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ruth/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ruth/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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