ASV_Strong : Ruth 4
1. Now Boaz[H1162] went[H5927] up[H5927] to the gate[H8179], and sat him down[H3427] there[H1350]: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz[H1162] spake[H1696] came[H5674] by[H559]; unto whom he said, Ho[H1945], such[H6423] a one[H492]! turn aside[H5493], sit down[H3427] here[H5493]. And he turned aside, and sat down[H3427].
2. And he took[H3947] ten[H6235] men[H582] of the elders[H2205] of the city[H5892], and said[H559], Sit ye down[H3427] here[H3427]. And they sat down.
3. And he said[H559] unto the near kinsman[H1350], Naomi[H5281], that is come again[H7725] out of the country[H7704] of Moab[H4124], selleth[H4376] the parcel[H2513] of land[H7704], which was our brother[H251] Elimelech[H458]'s:
4. And I thought[H559] to disclose[H1540] it unto thee[H559], saying, Buy[H7069] it before them[H3427] that sit here[H2205], and before the elders of my people[H5971]. If thou wilt redeem[H1350] it[H1350], redeem it[H1350]: but if thou wilt not redeem it[H5046], then tell me[H3045], that I may know; for there is none to redeem[H1350] it besides[H2108] thee[H310]; and I am after thee[H559]. And he said, I will redeem it[H1350].
5. Then said[H559] Boaz[H1162], What day[H3117] thou buyest[H7069] the field[H7704] of the hand[H3027] of Naomi[H5281], thou must buy[H7069] it also of Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125], the wife[H802] of the dead[H4191], to raise up[H6965] the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] upon his inheritance[H5159].
6. And the near kinsman[H1350] said[H559], I cannot[H3201] redeem[H1350] it for myself[H7843], lest I mar mine own inheritance[H5159]: take[H1350] thou my right[H1353] of redemption on thee[H3201]; for I cannot redeem it[H1350].
7. Now this was the custom in former time[H6440] in Israel[H3478] concerning redeeming[H1353] and concerning exchanging[H8545], to confirm[H6965] all things[H1697]: a man[H376] drew off[H8025] his shoe[H5275], and gave[H5414] it to his neighbor[H7453]; and this was the manner of attestation[H8584] in Israel[H3478].
8. So the near kinsman[H1350] said[H559] unto Boaz[H1162], Buy[H7069] it for thyself[H8025]. And he drew off his shoe[H5275].
9. And Boaz[H1162] said[H559] unto the elders[H2205], and unto all the people[H5971], Ye are witnesses[H5707] this day[H3117], that I have bought[H7069] all that was Elimelech[H458]'s, and all that was Chilion[H3630]'s and Mahlon[H4248]'s, of the hand[H3027] of Naomi[H5281].
10. Moreover Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125], the wife[H802] of Mahlon[H4248], have I purchased[H7069] to be my wife[H802], to raise up[H6965] the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] upon his inheritance[H5159], that the name[H8034] of the dead[H4191] be not cut off[H3772] from among[H5973] his brethren[H251], and from the gate[H8179] of his place[H4725]: ye are witnesses[H5707] this day[H3117].
11. And all the people[H5971] that were in the gate[H8179], and the elders[H2205], said[H559], We are witnesses[H5707]. Jehovah[H3068] make[H5414] the woman[H802] that is come[H935] into thy house[H1004] like Rachel[H7354] and like Leah[H3812], which two[H8147] did build[H1129] the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]: and do[H6213] thou worthily[H2428] in Ephrathah[H672], and be famous[H7121] in Beth-lehem[H1035]:
12. and let thy house[H1004] be like the house[H1004] of Perez[H6557], whom Tamar[H8559] bare[H3205] unto Judah[H3063], of the seed[H2233] which Jehovah[H3068] shall give[H5414] thee of this young woman[H5291].
13. So Boaz[H1162] took[H3947] Ruth[H7327], and she became his wife[H802]; and he went in[H935] unto her[H3068], and Jehovah gave[H5414] her conception[H2032], and she bare[H3205] a son[H1121].
14. And the women[H802] said[H559] unto Naomi[H5281], Blessed[H1288] be Jehovah[H3068], who hath not left[H7673] thee this day[H3117] without a near kinsman[H1350]; and let his name[H8034] be famous[H7121] in Israel[H3478].
15. And he shall be unto thee a restorer[H7725] of life[H5315], and a nourisher[H3557] of thine old age[H7872], for thy daughter-in[H3618]-law, who loveth[H157] thee[H2896], who is better to thee than seven[H7651] sons[H1121], hath borne him[H3205].
16. And Naomi[H5281] took[H3947] the child[H3206], and laid[H7896] it in her bosom[H2436], and became nurse unto it[H539].
17. And the women her neighbors[H7934] gave[H7121] it a name[H8034], saying[H559], There is a son[H1121] born[H3205] to Naomi[H5281]; and they called[H7121] his name[H8034] Obed[H5744]: he is the father[H1] of Jesse[H3448], the father[H1] of David[H1732].
18. Now these are the generations[H8435] of Perez[H6557]: Perez[H6557] begat[H3205] Hezron[H2696],
19. and Hezron[H2696] begat[H3205] Ram[H7410], and Ram[H7410] begat[H3205] Amminadab[H5992],
20. and Amminadab[H5992] begat[H3205] Nahshon[H5177], and Nahshon[H5177] begat[H3205] Salmon[H8009],
21. and Salmon[H8012] begat[H3205] Boaz[H1162], and Boaz[H1162] begat[H3205] Obed[H5744],
22. and Obed[H5744] begat[H3205] Jesse[H3448], and Jesse[H3448] begat[H3205] David[H1732].
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