1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the 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 you down here. And they sat down.
3And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4And 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.
5Then said Boaz, What day you buyest 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 upon his inheritance.
6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem you my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7Now this was the manner in former time in Yashar'el (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 Yashar'el (Israel).
8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for you. So he drew off his shoe.
9And Boaz said unto 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.
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: you are witnesses this day.
11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahuah (LORD) make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Yashar'el (Israel): and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
12And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Yahudah (Judah), of the seed which Yahuah (LORD) shall give you of this young woman.
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, Yahuah (LORD) gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Yahuah (LORD), which has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Yashar'el (Israel).
15And he shall be unto you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, which loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has born him.
16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17And 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.
18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez 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.