<vn='1'>Then went Boaz <sn="5927 1162">up</s> to the <sn="8179">gate</s>, and sat him <sn="3427">down</s><sn="8033">there</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="1350">kinsman</s> of whom <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="1696">spoke</s> came <sn="5674">by</s>; unto <sn="834">whom</s> he <sn="559">said</s>, Ho, <sn="6423">such</s> a <sn="492">one</s>! turn <sn="5493">aside</s>, sit <sn="3427">down</s><sn="6311">here</s>. And he turned <sn="5493">aside</s>, and sat <sn="3427">down</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4480 2205">elders</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Sit ye <sn="3427">down</s><sn="6311">here</s>. And they sat <sn="3427">down</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="1350">kinsman</s>, <sn="5281">Naomi</s>, that is come <sn="7725">again</s> out of the <sn="4480 7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, <sn="4376">selleth</s> a <sn="2513">parcel</s> of <sn="7704">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was our <sn="251">brother</s><sn="458">Elimelech</s> 's: </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="589">I</s><sn="559">thought</s> to <sn="1540 241">advertise</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7069">Buy</s> it <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s>, and <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>. <sn="518">If</s> thou wilt <sn="1350">redeem</s> it, <sn="1350">redeem</s> it: but <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1350">redeem</s> it, then <sn="5046">tell</s> me, that I may <sn="3045">know</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> there is <sn="369">none</s> to <sn="1350">redeem</s> it <sn="2108">beside</s> thee; and <sn="595">I</s> am <sn="310">after</s> thee. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="1350">redeem</s> it. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1162">Boaz</s>, What <sn="3117">day</s> thou <sn="7069">buyest</s> the <sn="7704">field</s> of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="5281">Naomi</s>, thou must <sn="7069">buy</s> it also <sn="4480 854">of</s><sn="7327">Ruth</s> the <sn="4125">Moabitess</s>, the <sn="802">wife</s> of the <sn="4191">dead</s>, to raise <sn="6965">up</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="4191">dead</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="1350">kinsman</s><sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s><sn="1350">redeem</s> it for myself, <sn="6435">lest</s> I <sn="7843">mar</s><sn="*853"></s> mine own <sn="5159">inheritance</s>: <sn="1350">redeem</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1353">right</s> to thyself; <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s><sn="1350">redeem</s> it. </v>
<vn='7'>Now <sn="2063">this</s> was the manner in former <sn="6440">time</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="1353">redeeming</s> and <sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="8545">changing</s>, for to <sn="6965">confirm</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1697">things</s>; a <sn="376">man</s> plucked <sn="8025">off</s> his <sn="5275">shoe</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> it to his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>: and <sn="2063">this</s> was a <sn="8584">testimony</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Therefore the <sn="1350">kinsman</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="1162">Boaz</s>, <sn="7069">Buy</s> it for thee. So he drew <sn="8025">off</s> his <sn="5275">shoe</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="2205">elders</s>, and unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="859">Ye</s> are <sn="5707">witnesses</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> I have <sn="7069">bought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="458">Elimelech</s> 's, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="3630">Chilion</s> 's and <sn="4248">Mahlon</s> 's, of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="5281">Naomi</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7327">Ruth</s> the <sn="4125">Moabitess</s>, the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="4248">Mahlon</s>, have I <sn="7069">purchased</s> to be my <sn="802">wife</s>, to raise <sn="6965">up</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="4191">dead</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, that the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="4191">dead</s> be <sn="3808">not</s> cut <sn="3772">off</s> from <sn="4480 5973">among</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and from the <sn="4480 8179">gate</s> of his <sn="4725">place</s>: <sn="859">ye</s> are <sn="5707">witnesses</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="8179">gate</s>, and the <sn="2205">elders</s>, <sn="559">said</s>, We are <sn="5707">witnesses</s>. The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">make</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="802">woman</s> that is <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> thine <sn="1004">house</s> like <sn="7354">Rachel</s> and like <sn="3812">Leah</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="8147">two</s> did <sn="1129">build</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="6213">do</s> thou <sn="2428">worthily</s> in <sn="672">Ephratah</s>, and be <sn="7121 8034">famous</s> in <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>And let thy <sn="1004">house</s><sn="1961">be</s> like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="6557">Pharez</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="8559">Tamar</s><sn="3205">bore</s> unto <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5414">give</s> thee <sn="4480">of</s><sn="2063">this</s> young <sn="5291">woman</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7327">Ruth</s>, and she <sn="1961">was</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>: and when he <sn="935">went</s> in <sn="413">unto</s> her, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">gave</s> her <sn="2032">conception</s>, and she <sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="802">women</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7673">left</s> thee this <sn="3117">day</s> without a <sn="1350">kinsman</s>, that his <sn="8034">name</s> may be <sn="7121">famous</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he shall <sn="1961">be</s> unto thee a <sn="7725">restorer</s> of thy <sn="5315">life</s>, and a <sn="3557">nourisher</s> of <sn="*853"></s> thine old <sn="7872">age</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, <sn="834">which</s><sn="157">loveth</s> thee, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> to thee than <sn="4480 7651">seven</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, hath <sn="3205">born</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3206">child</s>, and <sn="7896">laid</s> it in her <sn="2436">bosom</s>, and <sn="1961">became</s><sn="539">nurse</s> unto it. </v>
<vn='17'>And the women her <sn="7934">neighbors</s><sn="7121">gave</s> it a <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, There is a <sn="1121">son</s><sn="3205">born</s> to <sn="5281">Naomi</s>; and they <sn="7121">called</s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="5744">Obed</s>: <sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>, the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Now <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="8435">generations</s> of <sn="6557">Pharez</s>: <sn="6557">Pharez</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2696">Hezron</s>, </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="2696">Hezron</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7410">Ram</s>, and <sn="7410">Ram</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="5992">Amminadab</s>, </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5992">Amminadab</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5177">Nahshon</s>, and <sn="5177">Nahshon</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8009">Salmon</s>, </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="8012">Salmon</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1162">Boaz</s>, and <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5744">Obed</s>, </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="5744">Obed</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3448">Jesse</s>, and <sn="3448">Jesse</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>