Ruth 4 · רות

Then Bo῾az went up to the gate, and sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Bo῾az spoke came by; unto whom he said, Ho there, such and such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.

And he said to the kinsman, No῾omi, who is come back out of the country of Mo᾽av, is selling a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelekh’s:

and I thought to advise thee of it, saying, Buy it in the presence of the inhabitants, and in the presence of 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.

Then said Bo῾az, On the day thou buyest the field from the hand of No῾omi, thou must buy also from Rut the Mo᾽avite, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I harm my own inheritance: take my right of redemption for thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Now this was the custom in former time in Yisra᾽el concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all manner of transactions; a man pulled off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was the manner of attesting in Yisra᾽el.

Therefore the kinsman said to Bo῾az, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

And Bo῾az said to the elders, and to all the people, you are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelekh’s, and all that was Kilyon’s and Maĥlon’s, from the hand of No῾omi.

Moreover Rut the Mo᾽avite, the wife of Maĥlon, have I acquired as 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.

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 thy house like Raĥel and like Le᾽a, which two did build the house of Yisra᾽el; and be prosperous in Efrata, and be famous in Bet-leĥem:

and let thy house be like the house of Pereż, whom Tamar bore to Yehuda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

So Bo῾az took Rut, and she was his wife: and he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

And the women said to No῾omi, Blessed is the Lord, who has not left thee this day without a redeemer, that his name may be famous in Yisra᾽el.

And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thy old age: for thy daughter in law, who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, she has born him.

And No῾omi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to No῾omi; and they called his name ῾Oved: he is the father of Yishay, the father of David.

Now these are the generations of Pereż: Pereż begot Ḥeżron,

and Ḥeżron begot Ram, and Ram begot ῾Amminadav,

and ῾Amminadav begot Naĥshon, and Naĥshon begot Salma,

and Salmon begot Bo῾az, and Bo῾az begot ῾Oved,

and ῾Oved begot Yishay, and Yishay begot David.