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she can have children who will carry on her husband’s name and keep the land in the family.”
6 “Then I can’t redeem it,” the family redeemer
replied, “because this might endanger my own
estate. You redeem the land; I cannot do it.”
7 Now in those days it was the custom in Israel
for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party.
This publicly validated the transaction. 8 So the
other family redeemer drew off his sandal as he
said to Boaz, “You buy the land.”
9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd
standing around, “You are witnesses that today
I have bought from Naomi all the property of
Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. 10 And with the
land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow
of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have
a son to carry on the family name of her dead
husband and to inherit the family property here
in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
11 Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May
the Lord make this woman who is coming into
your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all
the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
12 And may the Lord give you descendants by
this young woman who will be like those of our
ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”
4:20 As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 4:21); Hebrew
reads Salma.
The Descendants of Boaz
13 So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she
became his wife. When he slept with her, the
Lord enabled her to become pregnant, and
she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the women of
the town said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who
has now provided a redeemer for your family!
May this child be famous in Israel. 15 May he
restore your youth and care for you in your old
age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law
who loves you and has been better to you than
seven sons!”
16 Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to
her breast. And she cared for him as if he were
her own. 17 The neighbor women said, “Now at
last Naomi has a son again!” And they named
him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and
the grandfather of David.
18 This is the genealogical record of their ancestor Perez:
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Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of
Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.*
Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of David.