Ruth 4 Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there, when the kinsman redeemer was passing by of whom Boaz had spoken. Boaz said to him, Do turn in, do sit down here, So-and-so. And he turned in and sat down.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there, when the kinsman redeemer was passing by of whom Boaz had spoken. Boaz said to him, Do turn in, do sit down here, So-and-so. And he turned in and sat down. ² Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit here. When they were seate. ³ he stated to the kinsman redeemer:Naomi, who has returned from the field of Moab, has put up for sale the portion of the field that our kinsman Elimelech had. ⁴ As for me, I thought I should reveal it to your ear, saying, Acquire it in front of those seated here, in front of the elders of my people. Should you want to redeem, so redeem it. Yet should you not redeem, do tell me so that I may know, for there is no one except you to redeem, and I am after you. He replied, I shall redeem it. ⁵ Then Boaz continued, On the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you acquire also Ruth, the Moabite wife of the dead, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his allotment. ⁶ The kinsman redeemer replied, I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own allotment. As for you, redeem my redemption right for yourself, for I am not able to redeem it. ⁷ Now this was the custom beforetime in Israel, concerning redemption and exchange, to confirm every matter:A man would pull off his sandal and give it to his associate; this was the attestation in Israel. ⁸ So the kinsman redeemer said to Boaz, Acquire it for yourself. And he pulled off his sandal and gave it to him. ⁹ Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that Elimelech had and all that Chilion and Mahlon had, from the hand of Naomi. ¹⁰ Moreover, Ruth, the Moabite wife of Mahlon, I have acquired for myself as a wife, in order to raise up the name of the dead on his allotment, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today. ¹¹ All the people in the gate and the elders replied, We are witnesses! And the elders said, May Yahweh grant to the woman who is coming to your house to be like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! Perform ably in Ephrathah, and proclaim a name in Bethlehem!" ¹² May your house become like the house of Perez whom Thamar bore for Judah, from the seed which Yahweh shall give to you from this maiden. ¹³ So Boaz took Ruth; she became his wife, and he came to her. Yahweh granted her pregnancy, and she bore a son. ¹⁴ Then the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh Who has not let your redeemer cease today; may his name be proclaimed in Israel!" ¹⁵ He has become to you the one to restore your soul and to sustain your greyhaired age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, she has borne him, she who is better for you than seven sons. ¹⁶ Then Naomi took the boy and set him to her bosom, and she became like a foster mother to him. ¹⁷ The neighborhood women called a name to him, saying, A son has been born to Naomi! And they called his name Obed. He was the father of Jesse, David's father. ¹⁸ These are the genealogical records of Perez:Perez begot Hezron, ¹⁹ Hezron begot Aram, Aram begot Amminadab, ²⁰ Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon, ²¹ Salmon begot Boaz, Boaz begot Obed, ²² Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.