Ruth Chapter 4

Ruth Chapter 4
1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat
there, and behold, the kinsman, of whom
Boaz had spoken, came by: and he said,
Ho, such one, come, sit down here. And
he turned, and sat down.
2 Then he took ten men of the elders of
the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And
they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi,
that is come again out of the country of
Moab, will sell a parcel of land, which
was our brother Elimelech's. 4 And I
thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it
before the assistants, and before the
elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem
it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem
it, tell me: for I know that there is none
besides thee to redeem it, and I am after
thee. Then he answered, I will redeem it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest
the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must
also buy it of Ruth the Moabitess the
wife of the dead, to stir up the name of
the dead, upon his inheritance.
6 And the kinsman answered, I cannot
redeem it, lest I destroy mine own
inheritance: redeem my right to thee, for
I cannot redeem it.
7 Now this was the manner before time
in Israel, concerning redeeming and
changing, for to stablish all things: a man
did pluck off his shoe, and gave it his
neighbor, and this was a sure witness in
Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz,
Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shoe.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders and unto
all the people, Ye are witnesses this
day, that I have bought all that was
Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's
and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
10 And moreover, Ruth the Moabitess
the wife of Mahlon, have I bought to be
my wife, to stir up the name of the dead
upon his inheritance, and that the name
of the dead be not put out from among
his brethren, and from the gate of his
place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were in the
gate, and the elders said, We are
witnesses: the Lord make the wife that
cometh into thine house, like Rachel and
like Leah, which twain did build the
house of Israel: and that thou mayest do
worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in
Beth-lehem,
12 And that thine house be like the house
of Pharez ( whom Tamar bear unto
Judah) of the seed which the Lord shall
give thee of this young woman. 13 So
Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife:
and when he went in unto her, the Lord
gave that she conceived, and bear a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi,
Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left
thee this day without a kinsman, and his
name shall be continued in Israel. 15
And this shall bring thy life again, and
cherish thine old age: for thy daughter in
law which loveth thee, hath borne unto
him, and she is better to thee than seven
sons.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it
in her lap, and became nurse unto it. 17
And the women her neighbors gave it a
name, saying, There is a child born to
Naomi, and called the name thereof
Obed: the same was the father of Jesse,
the father of David.
18 These now are the generations of
Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And
Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat
Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and
Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz
begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse
begat David.