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[1] Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down. [2] Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down. [3] He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. [4] I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.”He said, “I will redeem it.” [5] Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.” [6] The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.” [7] Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel. [8] So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal. [9] Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi. [10] Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.” [11] All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. [12] Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring§ which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.” [13] So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son. [14] The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel. [15] He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” [16] Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him. [17] The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. [18] Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron, [19] and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab, [20] and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, [21] and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed, [22] and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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[1] Then wentH5927 BoazH1162 upH5927(QalPerf) to the gate,H8179 and sat him downH3427(QalImpf) there: and, behold, the kinsmanH1350(QalActPtc) of whom BoazH1162 spakeH1696(PielPerf) cameH5674(QalActPtc) by; unto whom he said,H559(QalImpf) Ho,H1945 suchH6423 a one!H492 turn aside,H5493(QalImpv) sit downH3427(QalImpv) here. And he turned aside,H5493(QalImpf) and sat down.H3427(QalImpf) [2] And he tookH3947(QalImpf) tenH6235 menH582 of the eldersH2205 of the city,H5892 and said,H559(QalImpf) Sit ye downH3427(QalImpv) here. And they sat down.H3427(QalImpf) [3] And he saidH559(QalImpf) unto the kinsman,H1350(QalActPtc) Naomi,H5281 that is come againH7725(QalPerf) out of the countryH7704 of Moab,H4124 sellethH4376(QalPerf) a parcelH2513 of land,H7704 which [was] our brotherH251 Elimelech’s:H458 [4] And I thoughtH559(QalPerf) to advertiseH1540(QalImpf) thee, saying,H559(QalInf) BuyH7069(QalImpv) [it] before the inhabitants,H3427(QalActPtc) and before the eldersH2205 of my people.H5971 If thou wilt redeemH1350(QalImpf) [it], redeemH1350(QalImpv) [it]: but if thou wilt not redeemH1350(QalImpf) [it, then] tellH5046(HiphImpv) me, that I may know:H3045(QalImpf) for [there is] none to redeemH1350(QalInf) [it] besideH2108 thee; and I [am] afterH310 thee. And he said,H559(QalImpf) I will redeemH1350(QalImpf) [it]. [5] Then saidH559(QalImpf) Boaz,H1162 What dayH3117 thou buyestH7069(QalInf) the fieldH7704 of the handH3027 of Naomi,H5281 thou must buyH7069(QalPerf) [it] also of RuthH7327 the Moabitess,H4125 the wifeH802 of the dead,H4191(QalPtc) to raise upH6965(HiphInf) the nameH8034 of the deadH4191(QalPtc) upon his inheritance.H5159 [6] And the kinsmanH1350(QalActPtc) said,H559(QalImpf) I cannotH3201(QalImpf) redeemH1350(QalInf) [it] for myself, lest I marH7843(HiphImpf) mine own inheritance:H5159 redeemH1350(QalImpv) thou my rightH1353 to thyself; for I cannotH3201(QalImpf) redeemH1350(QalInf) [it]. [7] Now this [was the manner] in former timeH6440 in IsraelH3478 concerning redeemingH1353 and concerning changing,H8545 for to confirmH6965(PielInf) all things;H1697 a manH376 plucked offH8025(QalPerf) his shoe,H5275 and gaveH5414(QalPerf) [it] to his neighbour:H7453 and this [was] a testimonyH8584 in Israel.H3478 [8] Therefore the kinsmanH1350(QalActPtc) saidH559(QalImpf) unto Boaz,H1162 BuyH7069(QalImpv) [it] for thee. So he drew offH8025(QalImpf) his shoe.H5275 [9] And BoazH1162 saidH559(QalImpf) unto the elders,H2205 and [unto] all the people,H5971 Ye [are] witnessesH5707 this day,H3117 that I have boughtH7069(QalPerf) all that [was] Elimelech’s,H458 and all that [was] Chilion’sH3630 and Mahlon’s,H4248 of the handH3027 of Naomi.H5281 [10] Moreover RuthH7327 the Moabitess,H4125 the wifeH802 of Mahlon,H4248 have I purchasedH7069(QalPerf) to be my wife,H802 to raise upH6965(HiphInf) the nameH8034 of the deadH4191(QalPtc) upon his inheritance,H5159 that the nameH8034 of the deadH4191(QalPtc) be not cut offH3772(NiphImpf) from amongH5973 his brethren,H251 and from the gateH8179 of his place:H4725 ye [are] witnessesH5707 this day.H3117 [11] And all the peopleH5971 that [were] in the gate,H8179 and the elders,H2205 said,H559(QalImpf) [We are] witnesses.H5707 The LordH3068 makeH5414(QalImpf) the womanH802 that is comeH935(QalActPtc) into thine houseH1004 like RachelH7354 and like Leah,H3812 which twoH8147 did buildH1129(QalPerf) the houseH1004 of Israel:H3478 and doH6213(QalImpv) thou worthilyH2428 in Ephratah,H672 and be famousH7121(QalImpv) in Bethlehem:H1035 [12] And let thy houseH1004 be like the houseH1004 of Pharez,H6557 whom TamarH8559 bareH3205(QalPerf) unto Judah,H3063 of the seedH2233 which the LordH3068 shall giveH5414(QalImpf) thee of this young woman.H5291 [13] So BoazH1162 tookH3947(QalImpf) Ruth,H7327 and she was his wife:H802 and when he went inH935(QalImpf) unto her, the LordH3068 gaveH5414(QalImpf) her conception,H2032 and she bareH3205(QalImpf) a son.H1121 [14] And the womenH802 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Naomi,H5281 BlessedH1288(QalPasPtc) [be] the Lord,H3068 which hath not leftH7673(HiphPerf) thee this dayH3117 without a kinsman,H1350(QalActPtc) that his nameH8034 may be famousH7121(NiphImpf) in Israel.H3478 [15] And he shall be unto thee a restorerH7725(HiphPtc) of [thy] life,H5315 and a nourisherH3557(PilpInf) of thine old age:H7872 for thy daughter in law,H3618 which lovethH157(QalPerf) thee, which is betterH2896 to thee than sevenH7651 sons,H1121 hath bornH3205(QalPerf) him. [16] And NaomiH5281 tookH3947(QalImpf) the child,H3206 and laidH7896(QalImpf) it in her bosom,H2436 and became nurseH539(QalActPtc) unto it. [17] And the women her neighboursH7934 gaveH7121(QalImpf) it a name,H8034 saying,H559(QalInf) There is a sonH1121 bornH3205(PualPerf) to Naomi;H5281 and they calledH7121(QalImpf) his nameH8034 Obed:H5744 he [is] the fatherH1 of Jesse,H3448 the fatherH1 of David.H1732 [18] Now these [are] the generationsH8435 of Pharez:H6557 PharezH6557 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Hezron,H2696 [19] And HezronH2696 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Ram,H7410 and RamH7410 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Amminadab,H5992 [20] And AmminadabH5992 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Nahshon,H5177 and NahshonH5177 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Salmon,H8009 [21] And SalmonH8012 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Boaz,H1162 and BoazH1162 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Obed,H5744 [22] And ObedH5744 begatH3205(HiphPerf) Jesse,H3448 and JesseH3448 begatH3205(HiphPerf) David.H1732
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