1Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He turned aside, and sat down.

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Deuteronomy 25:7, Ruth 3:12, Deuteronomy 25:7, Ruth 3:12, Deuteronomy 16:18

2He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here." They sat down.

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Proverbs 31:23, Proverbs 31:23, 1 Kings 21:8, 1 Kings 21:8, Acts 6:12

3He said to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's.

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Proverbs 13:10, Psalms 112:5, Proverbs 13:10, Psalms 112:5

4I thought to disclose it to you, saying, 'Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you." He said, "I will redeem it."

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Jeremiah 32:7, Jeremiah 32:12, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:29, Jeremiah 32:7

5Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."

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Deuteronomy 25:5, Deuteronomy 25:6, Genesis 38:8, Matthew 22:24, Deuteronomy 25:5

6The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."

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Ruth 3:13, Leviticus 25:25, Ruth 3:13, Leviticus 25:25

7Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of attestation in Israel.

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Deuteronomy 25:7, Deuteronomy 25:10, Deuteronomy 25:7, Deuteronomy 25:10

8So the near kinsman said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." He took off his shoe.

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9Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, "You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.

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Jeremiah 32:10, Jeremiah 32:12, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 23:18, Jeremiah 32:10

10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."

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Deuteronomy 25:6, Deuteronomy 25:6, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:25, Psalms 34:16

11All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

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Genesis 29:32, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 30:24, Matthew 2:6

12Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this young woman."

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Genesis 38:29, Genesis 38:29, 1 Samuel 2:20, 1 Chronicles 2:4, 1 Samuel 2:20

13So 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.

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Genesis 29:31, Genesis 33:5, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 33:5, Ruth 3:11

14The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer; and let his name be famous in Israel.

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Genesis 12:2, Luke 1:58, Genesis 12:2, Luke 1:58, Matthew 1:5

15He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."

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Psalms 55:22, Psalms 55:22, Genesis 45:11, Isaiah 46:4, Genesis 45:11

16Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and looked after him.

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17The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi." And they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Luke 1:58, Luke 1:63, Luke 1:58, Luke 1:63

18Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,

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Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:6, 1 Chronicles 2:4

19and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,

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Matthew 1:4, 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:10, Luke 3:33, Matthew 1:4

20and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,

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Numbers 1:7, Numbers 1:7, Matthew 1:4, Luke 3:32, Matthew 1:4

21and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

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Luke 3:32, Matthew 1:5, Luke 3:32, Matthew 1:5, 1 Chronicles 2:11

22and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

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Isaiah 11:1, 1 Samuel 16:1, Luke 3:31, Matthew 1:6, 1 Chronicles 2:15