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CHAP. IV.

1 Boz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman. 6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth Obed the grandfather of Dauid. 18 The generation of Pharez.

¹Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate him downe there: and beholde, the kinseman of whome Boaz spake, came by, vnto whom he said, Ho, such a one: turne aside, sit downe here. And hee turned aside, and sate downe.

²And hee tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.

³And he said vnto the kinseman: Naomi that is come againe out of the countrey of Moab, selleth a parcell of land, which was our brother Elimelechs.

⁴And I thought to aduertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it, but if thou wilt not redeeme it, then tell mee, that I may know: for there is none to redeeme it, besides thee, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeeme it.⁴

⁵Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitesse, the wife of the dead, to raise vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance.

⁶¶ And the kinseman said, I cannot redeeme it for my selfe, lest I marre mine owne inheritance: redeeme thou my right to thy selfe, for I cannot redeeme it.

⁷Now this was the maner in former time in Israel, concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirme all things: a man plucked off his shooe, and gaue it to his neighbour: and this was a testimonie in Israel.⁷

⁸Therfore the kinseman said vnto Boaz, Buy it for thee: so he drew off his shooe.

⁹¶ And Boaz saide vnto the Elders, and vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions, and Mahlons, of the hande of Naomi.

¹⁰Moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse, the wife of Mahlon, haue I purchased to be my wife, to raise vp the name of the dead vpon 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.

¹¹And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders said, Wee are witnesses: The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house, like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and bee famous in Bethlehem.¹¹

¹²And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, ( whom Tamar bare vnto to Iudah) of the seed which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.¹²

¹³¶ So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lord gaue her conception, and she bare a sonne.

¹⁴And the women said vnto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a kinseman, that his name may bee famous in Israel:¹⁴

¹⁵And he shalbe vnto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law which loueth thee, which is better to thee then seuen sonnes, hath borne him.¹⁵

¹⁶And Naomi tooke the childe, and laid it in her bosome, and became nurse vnto it.

¹⁷And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a sonne borne to Naomi, and they called his name Obed: hee is the father of Iesse the father of Dauid.

¹⁸¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begate Hezron,¹⁸

¹⁹And Hezron begate Ram, and Ram begate Amminadab,

²⁰And Amminadab begate Nahshon, and Nahshon begate Salmon,²⁰

²¹And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begate Obed,

²²And Obed begat Iesse, and Iesse begate Dauid.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ruth Chapter 4

⁴ Heb. I said I wil reueale in thine eare.
⁷ Deut. 25. 7,9.
¹¹ Or, get thee riches or power. , Hebr. proclaime thy name.
¹² Gen.38. 29. 1. chro. 2.4. matt. 1.3.
¹⁴ Hebr. caused to cease vnto thee. , Or, redeemer.
¹⁵ Hebr. to nourish. , Heb. thy gray haires.
¹⁸ 1. Chron 2.4 matt. 1.3.
²⁰ Or, Salmah.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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