¹ Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, see, the kinsman of who Boaz spoke came by; to who he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. ² And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. And they sat down. ³ And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's ⁴ And I thought to advertise you, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, 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 none to redeem it beside you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem [it]. ⁵ Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. ⁶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, in case I mar mine own inheritance: redeem you my right to yourself; for I cannot redeem [it]. ⁷ Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. ⁸ Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for you. So he drew off his shoe. ⁹ And Boaz said to the elders, and unto 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, of the hand of Naomi. ¹⁰ Moreover 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 be not cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day. ¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem ¹² And let your house be like the house of Pharez, who Tamar bare to Judah, of the seed which the LORD will give you of this young woman. ¹³ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. ¹⁴ And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. ¹⁵ And he will be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, who loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has born him. ¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. ¹⁷ And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. ¹⁸ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez bore Hezron, ¹⁹ And Hezron bore Ram, and Ram bore Amminadab, ²⁰ And Amminadab bore Nahshon, and Nahshon bore Salmon, ²¹ And Salmon bore Boaz, and Boaz bore Obed, ²² And Obed bore Jesse, and Jesse bore David.