Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinsman.

1 ¶ Then went¹ª Boaz¹ upºª² to the gate,º and sat him downºª there:² and, behold,² the kinsmanºª of whom Boazº spakeºª came¹ª by;² unto whom² he said,ºª Ho,¹ suchº a one!º turn aside,ºª sit downºª here.² And he turned aside,ºª and sat down.ºª 2 And he tookºª tenº men¹² of the eldersº² of the city,º and said,ºª Sit ye downºª here.² And they sat down.ºª 3 And he saidºª unto the kinsman,ºª Naomi,º that is come againºª out of the countryº² of Moab,º sellethºª a parcelº of land,º which² [was] our brotherº Elimelech's:º 4 And I² thoughtºª to advertiseººª thee, saying,ºª Buyºª [it] before² the inhabitants,ºª and before² the eldersº of my people.º If² thou wilt redeemºª [it], redeemºª [it]: but if² thou wilt not² redeemºª [it, then] tellºª me, that I may know:ºª for² [there is] none² to redeemºª [it] besideº thee; and I² [am] afterº thee. And he said,ºª I² will redeemºª [it]. 5 Then saidºª Boaz,º What dayº thou buyestºª the fieldº of the handº² of Naomi,º thou must buyºª [it] also of²² Ruthº the Moabitess,º the wifeº of the dead,ºª to raise upºª the nameº of the deadºª upon² his inheritance.º

He refuseth the redemption according to the manner in Israel.

6 ¶ And the kinsmanºª said,ºª I cannotºª² redeemºª [it] for myself, lest² I marºª² mine own inheritance:º redeemºª thou²² my rightº to thyself; for² I cannotºª² redeemºª [it]. 7 Now this² [was the manner] in former timeº in Israelº concerning² redeemingº and concerning² changing,º for to confirmºª all² things;º a manº plucked offºª his shoe,º and gaveºª [it] to his neighbour:º and this² [was] a testimonyº in Israel.º 8 Therefore the kinsmanºª saidºª unto Boaz,º Buyºª [it] for thee. So he drew offºª his shoe.º

Boaz buyeth the inheritance.

9 ¶ And Boazº saidºª unto the elders,º and [unto] all² the people,º Ye² [are] witnessesº this day,º that² I have boughtºª² all² that² [was] Elimelech's,º and all² that² [was] Chilion'sº and Mahlon's,º of the handº² of Naomi.º

He marrieth Ruth.

10 Moreover²² Ruthº the Moabitess,º the wifeº of Mahlon,º have I purchasedºª to be my wife,º to raise upºª the nameº of the deadºª upon² his inheritance,º that the nameº of the deadºª be not² cut offºª from amongº² his brethren,º and from the gateº² of his place:º ye² [are] witnessesº this day.º 11 And all² the peopleº that² [were] in the gate,º and the elders,º said,ºª [We are] witnesses.º The LORDº makeºª² the womanº that is comeºª into² thine houseº like Rachelº and like Leah,º which² twoº did buildºª² the houseº of Israel:º and doºª thou worthilyº in Ephratah,º and be famousººª in Bethlehem:º 12 And let thy houseº be² like the houseº of Pharez,º whom² Tamarº bareºª unto Judah,º of² the seedº which² the LORDº shall giveºª thee of² this² young woman.º

She beareth Obed the grandfather of David.

13 ¶ So Boazº tookºª² Ruth,º and she was² his wife:º and when he went² in¹ª unto² her, the LORDº gaveºª her conception,º and she bareºª a son.º 14 And the womenº saidºª unto² Naomi,º Blessedºª [be] the LORD,º which² hath not² leftºª thee this dayº without a kinsman,ºª that his nameº may be famousºª in Israel.º 15 And he shall be² unto thee a restorerºª of [thy] life,º and a nourisherºª of² thine old age:º for² thy daughter in law,º which² lovethºª thee, which² is betterº to thee than sevenº² sons,º hath bornºª him. 16 And Naomiº tookºª² the child,º and laidºª it in her bosom,º and became² nurseºª unto it. 17 And the women her neighboursº gaveºª it a name,º saying,ºª There is a sonº bornºª to Naomi;º and they calledºª his nameº Obed:º he² [is] the fatherº of Jesse,º the fatherº of David.º

The generation of Pharez.

18 ¶ Now these² [are] the generationsº of Pharez:º Pharezº begatºª² Hezron,º 19 And Hezronº begatºª² Ram,º and Ramº² begatºª Amminadab,º 20 And Amminadabº begatºª² Nahshon,º and Nahshonº begatºª² Salmon,º 21 And Salmonº begatºª² Boaz,º and Boazº begatºª² Obed,º 22 And Obedº begatºª² Jesse,º and Jesseº begatºª² David.º