Dual Panel1Now Boaz <01162> went up <05927> to the village gate <08179> and sat <03427> there <08033>. Then <02009> along came <05674> the guardian <01350> whom <0834> Boaz <01162> had mentioned <01696> to Ruth! Boaz said <0559>, “Come <05493> here <06311> and sit down <03427>, ‘John Doe <0492>’!” So <06423> he came <05493> and sat down <03427>.
2Boaz chose <03947> ten <06235> of the village <05892> leaders <02205> <0582> and said <0559>, “Sit down <03427> here <06311>!” So they sat down <03427>.
3Then Boaz said <0559> to the guardian <01350>, “Naomi <05281>, who has returned <07725> from the region <07704> of Moab <04124>, is selling <04376> the portion <02513> of land <07704> that <0834> belongs to our relative <0251> Elimelech <0458>.
4So I <0589> am legally informing <0241> <01540> you: Acquire <07069> it before <05048> those sitting <03427> here and before <05048> the leaders <02205> of my people <05971>! If <0518> you want to exercise <01350> your right to redeem <01350> it, then do so <01350>. But if <0518> not <03808>, then tell <05046> me so I will know <03045>. For <03588> you possess the first option to redeem <01350> it; I <0595> am next <02108> in line after <0310> you.” He replied <0559>, “I <0595> will redeem <01350> it.”
5Then Boaz <01162> said <0559>, “When <03117> you acquire <07069> the field <07704> from <03027> Naomi <05281>, you must also acquire <0854> Ruth <07327> the Moabite <04125>, the wife <0802> of our deceased <04191> relative, in order to preserve <07069> his family name <08034> by raising up <06965> a descendant who will inherit his property <05159>.”
6The guardian <01350> said <0559>, “Then I am unable <03201> <03808> to redeem <01350> it <01350>, for I would <06435> ruin <07843> my own inheritance <05159> in that case. You <0859> may exercise <01350> my redemption option <01353>, for <03588> I am unable <03201> <03808> to redeem <01350> it.”
7(Now this <02063> used to be <06440> the customary way to finalize <06965> a transaction <08545> involving <05921> redemption <01353> in <05921> Israel <03478>: A man <0376> would remove <08025> his sandal <05275> and give <05414> it to the other party <07453>. This <02063> was a legally binding act <08584> in Israel <03478>.)
8So the guardian <01350> said <0559> to Boaz <01162>, “You may acquire <07069> it,” and he removed <08025> his sandal <05275>.
9Then Boaz <01162> said <0559> to the leaders <02205> and all <03605> the people <05971>, “You <0859> are witnesses <05707> today <03117> that <03588> I have acquired <07069> from Naomi <05281> all <03605> that belonged to <0834> Elimelech <0458>, Kilion <03630>, and Mahlon <04248>.
10I have also <01571> acquired <07069> Ruth <07327> the Moabite <04125>, the wife <0802> of Mahlon <04248>, as my wife <0802> to raise up <06965> a descendant <04191> <08034> who will inherit his property <05159> so the name <08034> of the deceased <04191> might not <03808> disappear <03772> from among <05973> his relatives <0251> and from his village <04725> <08179>. You <0859> are witnesses <05707> today <03117>.”
11All <03605> the people <05971> who <0834> were at the gate <08179> and the elders <02205> replied <0559>, “We are witnesses <05707>. May the Lord <03068> make <05414> the woman <0802> who is entering <0935> your home <01004> like Rachel <07354> and Leah <03812>, both <08147> of whom <0834> built up <01129> the house <01004> of Israel <03478>! May you prosper <02428> <06213> in Ephrathah <0672> and become famous <08034> <07121> in Bethlehem <01035>.
12May your family <01004> become <01961> like the family <01004> of Perez <06557>– whom <0834> Tamar <08559> bore <03205> to Judah <03063>– through <04480> the descendants <02233> the Lord <03068> gives <05414> you by <04480> this <02063> young woman <05291>.”
13So Boaz <01162> married <03947> Ruth <07327> and had sexual relations <0935> with her <0802>. The Lord <03068> enabled <05414> her to conceive <02032> and she gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>.
14The village women <0802> said <0559> to <0413> Naomi <05281>, “May the Lord <03068> be praised <01288> because <0834> he has not <03808> left <07673> you without a guardian <01350> today <03117>! May he become famous <07121> in Israel <03478>!
15He will encourage <07725> you and provide <03557> for you when you are old <07872>, for <03588> your daughter-in-law <03618>, who <0834> loves <0157> you, has given him birth <03205>. She is better <02896> to you than seven <07651> sons <01121>!”
16Naomi <05281> took <03947> the child <03206> and placed <07896> him on her lap <02436>; she became <01961> his caregiver <0539>.
17The neighbor <07934> women named <08034> <07121> him, saying <0559>, “A son <01121> has been born <03205> to Naomi <05281>.” They named <08034> <07121> him Obed <05744>. Now he <01931> became the father <01> of Jesse <03448>– David’s <01732> father <01>!
18These <0428> are the descendants <08435> of Perez <06557>: Perez <06557> was the father <03205> of Hezron <02696>,
19Hezron <02696> was the father <03205> of Ram <07410>, Ram <07410> was the father <03205> of Amminadab <05992>,
20Amminadab <05992> was the father <03205> of Nachshon <05177>, Nachshon <05177> was the father <03205> of Salmah <08009>,
21Salmon <08012> was the father <03205> of Boaz <01162>, Boaz <01162> was the father <03205> of Obed <05744>,
22Obed <05744> was the father <03205> of Jesse <03448>, and Jesse <03448> was the father <03205> of David <01732>.