1Therfor Booz stiede to the yate, and sat there; and whanne he hadde seyn the kynesman passe forth, of whom the word was had, Booz seide to hym, Bowe thou a litil, and sitte here; and he clepide hym bi his name. And he turnede, and sat.

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

2Forsothe Booz took ten `men of the eldere men of the citee, and seide to hem, Sitte ye here.

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

3And while thei saten, Booz spak to the kynesman, Noemy, that turnede ayen fro the cuntrey of Moab, seelde the part of the feeld of oure brother Elymelech,

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

4which thing Y wolde that thou here; and Y wolde seie to thee bifor alle `men syttynge and grettere in birthe of my puple. If thou wolt haue in possessioun the feeld bi riyt of nyy kyn, bye thou, and `haue thou in possessioun; sotheli if it displesith thee, schewe thou this same thing to me, that Y wyte what Y `owe to do; for noon is niy in kyn, outakun thee which art the formere, and outakun me which am the secunde. And he answeride, Y schal bie the feeld.

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

5To whom Booz seide, Whanne thou hast bouyte the feeld of the `hond of the womman, thou owist `to take also Ruth of Moab, that was the wijf of the deed man, that thou reise the name of thi kynesman in his eritage.

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

6Which answeride, Y forsake the ryyt of nyy kyn; for Y owe not to do awei the eritage of my meynee; vse thou my priuelegie, which priuelegie Y knowleche me to wante gladli.

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

7Forsothe this was the custom bi eld tyme in Israel among kynesmen, that if a man yaf his riyt to anothir man, that the grauntyng were stidefast, the man vnlaase his scho, and yaf to his kynesman; this was the witnessyng of the yift in Israel.

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

8Therfor Booz seide to his kynesman, Take the scho fro thee; `which scho he vnlaside anoon fro his foot.

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9And Booz seide to the grettere men in birthe and to al the puple, Ye ben witnessis to dai, that Y haue take in possessioun alle thingis that weren of Elymelech, and of Chelion, and of Maalon, bi the yifte of Noemy;

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

10and that Y haue take in to wedlok Ruth of Moab, the wijf of Maalon, that Y reise the name of the deed man in his erytage; lest his name be doon awey fro his meynee and britheren and puple. Ye, he seide, ben witnessis of this thing.

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

11Al the puple, that was in the yate, answeride, and the grettere men in birthe answeriden, We ben witnessis; the Lord make this womman, that entrith in to thin hows, as Rachel and Lia, that bildiden the hows of Israel, that sche be ensaumple of vertu in Effrata, and haue a solempne name in Bethleem;

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

12and thin hows be maad as the hows of Fares, whom Thamar childide to Judas, of the seed which the Lord schal yyue to thee of this damesel.

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

13Therfor Booz took Ruth, and took hir to wijf; and he entride to hir, and the Lord yaf to hir, that sche conseyuede, `and childide a sone.

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

14And wymmen seiden to Noemy, Blessid be the Lord, which `suffride not, that an eir failide to thi meynee, and his name were clepid in Israel;

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

15and that thou haue `a man, that schal coumforte thi soule, and nursche elde age. For a child is borun of thi douytir in lawe, `which child schal loue thee, and he is myche betere to thee, than if thou haddist seuene sones.

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

16And Noemy puttide the child resseyued in hir bosum; and sche dide the office of a nurische, and of a berere.

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17Forsothe wymmen neiyboris thankiden hir, and seiden, A sone is borun to Noemy, and clepide his name Obeth. This is the fadir of Ysay, fadir of Dauid.

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

18These ben the generaciouns of Fares; Fares gendride Esrom;

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

19Esrom gendride Aram; Aram gendride Amynadab;

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

20Amynadab gendride Naason; Naason gendride Salmon; Salmon gendride Booz;

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

21Booz gendride Obeth;

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

22Obeth gendride Isay; Isay gendride Dauid the kyng.

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