1Now Boaz went up to the gate , and sat him down there : and , behold , the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by ; unto whom he said , Ho, such a one ! turn aside , sit down here . And he turned aside , and sat down . 2And he took ten men of the elders of the city , and said, Sit ye down here . And they sat down . 3And he said unto the near kinsman , Naomi , that is come again out of the country of Moab , selleth the parcel of land , which was our brother Elimelech’s: 4and I thought to disclose it unto thee , saying, Buy it before them that sit here , and before the elders of my people . If thou wilt redeem it , redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it , then tell me , that I may know ; for there is none to redeem it besides thee ; and I am after thee . And he said, I will redeem it . 5Then said Boaz , What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi , thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess , the wife of the dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . 6And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance : take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it . 7Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things : a man drew off his shoe , and gave it to his neighbor ; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel . 8So the near kinsman said unto Boaz , Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe . 9And Boaz said unto the elders , and unto all the people , Ye 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 . 10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess , the wife of Mahlon , have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance , that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day .
The Legal Proceedings
11And all the people that were in the gate , and the elders , said , We are witnesses . Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah , which two did build the house of Israel : and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem : 12and let thy house be like the house of Perez , whom Tamar bare unto Judah , of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman .
The Blessing of the People
13So Boaz took Ruth , and she became his wife; and he went in unto her , and Jehovah gave her conception , and she bare a son . 14And the women said unto Naomi , Blessed be Jehovah , who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman ; and let his name be famous in Israel . 15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life , and a nourisher of thine old age , for thy daughter-in-law , who loveth thee , who is better to thee than seven sons , hath borne him . 16And Naomi took the child , and laid it in her bosom , and became nurse unto it . 17And the women her neighbors 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 .
The Lineage of David
18Now these are the generations of Perez : Perez begat Hezron , 19and Hezron begat Ram , and Ram begat Amminadab , 20and Amminadab begat Nahshon , and Nahshon begat Salmon , 21and Salmon begat Boaz , and Boaz begat Obed , 22and Obed begat Jesse , and Jesse begat David .