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    Ruth · 22 verses

    Ruth 4

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    Ruth gives birth to the child, but Naomi is the one who takes him onto her lap, nurses him, and hears the neighbours call him hers.

    A sandal settles the mattervv. 1–10

    At the gate, Boaz arranges a remarkably well-attended conversation: the nearer redeemer, ten elders, and the people of the city. The man is happy to redeem Elimelech’s land until Boaz adds Ruth and the dead man’s inheritance to the bargain; at once, the grand family obligation becomes too expensive for his own inheritance. He hands over his sandal, which is Israel’s wonderfully ordinary signature, and Boaz acquires both the land and Ruth.

    A son for Naomivv. 11–17

    The elders and the people answer Boaz with a blessing crowded with Rachel, Leah, Perez, Tamar, Ephrathah, and Bethlehem. Then Boaz takes Ruth as his wife, and Ruth gives birth to a son. The women turn the family announcement in a curious direction: the child is Ruth’s by birth, but Naomi receives him, nurses him, and is told that a son has been born to her. They name him Obed.

    The family linevv. 18–22

    The chapter closes by setting Obed in a line that runs back through Perez and forward through Jesse to David: Perez, Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David. It is a brisk little procession, with each father handing the sentence to the next.

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    1. Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

    2. Ruth 4:2Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

    3. Ruth 4:3And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

    4. Ruth 4:4I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

    5. Ruth 4:5Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

    6. Ruth 4:6The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

    7. Ruth 4:7Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

    8. Ruth 4:8So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

    9. Ruth 4:9At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

    10. Ruth 4:10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

    11. Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

    12. Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

    13. Ruth 4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

    14. Ruth 4:14Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.

    15. Ruth 4:15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

    16. Ruth 4:16And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.

    17. Ruth 4:17The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

    18. Ruth 4:18Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

    19. Ruth 4:19Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

    20. Ruth 4:20Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

    21. Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,

    22. Ruth 4:22Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

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    • 2Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.
    • 11Genesis 29:32–24And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
    • 15Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
    • 1Deuteronomy 25:7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
    • 21 Kings 21:8Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
    • 11Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
    • 11Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
    • 13Genesis 33:5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
    • 13Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
    • 13Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
    • 15Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
    • 15Psalms 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
    • 18Matthew 1:3–6Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
    • 1Ruth 3:12Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
    • 5Genesis 38:8Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
    • 5Matthew 22:24“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

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