4:1 And Booz went up to the gate, and sat
there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said
to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat
down.
4:2 And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye here;
and they sat down.
4:3 And Booz said to the relative, [The matter regards] the portion of the
field which was our brother Elimelech's which was given to Noemin, now
returning out of the land of Moab;
4:4 and I said, I will inform thee, saying, Buy it before those that sit,
and before the elders of my people: if thou wilt redeem it, redeem it, but
if thou wilt not redeem it, tell me, and I shall know; for there is no one
beside thee to do the office of a kinsman, and I am after thee: and he said,
I am [here], I will redeem it.
4:5 And Booz said, In the day of thy buying the field of the hand of Noemin
and of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the deceased, thou must also buy her,
so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
4:6 And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest
I mar my own inheritance; do thou redeem my right for thyself, for I shall
not be able to redeem [it].
4:7 And this [was] in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption,
and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it
to his neighbour that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in
Israel.
4:8 And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for thyself: and he took off
his shoe and gave it to him.
4:9 And Booz said to the elders and to all the people, Ye [are] this day
witnesses, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that
belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, of the hand of Noemin.
4:10 Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the
wife of Maalon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so
the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brethren, and
from the tribe of his people: ye [are] this day witnesses.
4:11 And all the people who were in the gate said, [We are] witnesses: and
the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel
and as Lia, who both [together] built the house of Israel, and wrought
mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name [to thee] in Bethleem.
4:12 And let thy house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda,
of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this handmaid.
4:13 And Booz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and
the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
4:14 And the woman said to Noemin, Blessed [is] the Lord, who has not
suffered a redeemer to fail thee this day, even to make thy name famous in
Israel.
4:15 And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy soul, and one to cherish thy
old age; for thy daughter-in-law which has loved thee, who is better to thee
than seven sons, ha born him.
4:16 And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse
to it.
4:17 And the neighbours gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to
Noemin; and they called his name Obed; this [is] the father of Jessae the
father of David.
4:18 And these [are] the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom:
4:19 Esrom begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab.
4:20 And Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon.
4:21 And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed.
4:22 And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David. |
4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat
him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto
whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned
aside, and sat down.
4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down
here. And they sat down.
4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants,
and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but
if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none
to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem
it.
4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise
up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own
inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming
and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his
shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel.
4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off
his shoe.
4:9 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.
4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be
my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon 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.
4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We 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 be famous in Bethlehem:
4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto
Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her,
the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left
thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better
to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it.
4:17 And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born
to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
father of David.
4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. |