4:1 Now
Boaz
had
gone
up
to
the
gate
and
sat
down
there.
And
behold,
the
redeemer,
of
whom
Boaz
had
spoken,
came
by.
So
Boaz
said,
"Turn
aside,
friend;
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
down
here."
So
they
sat
down.
4:3 Then
he
said
to
the
redeemer,
"Naomi,
who
has
come
back
from
the
country
of
Moab,
is
selling
the
parcel
of
land
that
belonged
to
our
relative
Elimelech.
4:4 So
I
thought
I
would
tell
you
of
it
and
say,
'Buy
it
in
the
presence
of
those
sitting
here
and
in
the
presence
of
the
elders
of
my
people.'
If
you
will
redeem
it,
redeem
it.
But
if
you
will
not,
tell
me,
that
I
may
know,
for
there
is
no
one
besides
you
to
redeem
it,
and
I
come
after
you."
And
he
said,
"I
will
redeem
it."
4:5 Then
Boaz
said,
"The
day
you
buy
the
field
from
the
hand
of
Naomi,
you
also
acquire
Ruth
the
Moabite,
the
widow
of
the
dead,
in
order
to
perpetuate
the
name
of
the
dead
in
his
inheritance."
4:6 Then
the
redeemer
said,
"I
cannot
redeem
it
for
myself,
lest
I
impair
my
own
inheritance.
Take
my
right
of
redemption
yourself,
for
I
cannot
redeem
it."
4:7 Now
this
was
the
custom
in
former
times
in
Israel
concerning
redeeming
and
exchanging:
to
confirm
a
transaction,
the
one
drew
off
his
sandal
and
gave
it
to
the
other,
and
this
was
the
manner
of
attesting
in
Israel.
4:8 So
when
the
redeemer
said
to
Boaz,
"Buy
it
for
yourself,"
he
drew
off
his
sandal.
4:9 Then
Boaz
said
to
the
elders
and
all
the
people,
"You
are
witnesses
this
day
that
I
have
bought
from
the
hand
of
Naomi
all
that
belonged
to
Elimelech
and
all
that
belonged
to
Chilion
and
to
Mahlon.
4:10 Also
Ruth
the
Moabite,
the
widow
of
Mahlon,
I
have
bought
to
be
my
wife,
to
perpetuate
the
name
of
the
dead
in
his
inheritance,
that
the
name
of
the
dead
may
not
be
cut
off
from
among
his
brothers
and
from
the
gate
of
his
native
place.
You
are
witnesses
this
day."
4:11 Then
all
the
people
who
were
at
the
gate
and
the
elders
said,
"We
are
witnesses.
May
the
LORD
make
the
woman,
who
is
coming
into
your
house,
like
Rachel
and
Leah,
who
together
built
up
the
house
of
Israel.
May
you
act
worthily
in
Ephrathah
and
be
renowned
in
Bethlehem,
4:12 and
may
your
house
be
like
the
house
of
Perez,
whom
Tamar
bore
to
Judah,
because
of
the
offspring
that
the
LORD
will
give
you
by
this
young
woman."
4:13 So
Boaz
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 Then
the
women
said
to
Naomi,
"Blessed
be
the
LORD,
who
has
not
left
you
this
day
without
a
redeemer,
and
may
his
name
be
renowned
in
Israel!
4:15 He
shall
be
to
you
a
restorer
of
life
and
a
nourisher
of
your
old
age,
for
your
daughter-in-law
who
loves
you,
who
is
more
to
you
than
seven
sons,
has
given
birth
to
him."
4:16 Then
Naomi
took
the
child
and
laid
him
on
her
lap
and
became
his
nurse.
4:17 And
the
women
of
the
neighborhood
gave
him
a
name,
saying,
"A
son
has
been
born
to
Naomi."
They
named
him
Obed.
He
was
the
father
of
Jesse,
the
father
of
David.
4:18 Now
these
are
the
generations
of
Perez:
Perez
fathered
Hezron,
4:19 Hezron
fathered
Ram,
Ram
fathered
Amminadab,
4:20 Amminadab
fathered
Nahshon,
Nahshon
fathered
Salmon,
4:21 Salmon
fathered
Boaz,
Boaz
fathered
Obed,
4:22 Obed
fathered
Jesse,
and
Jesse
fathered
David.