Chapter 4 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there.
And, behold, the kinsmen 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.
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here.
And they sat down.
And he said unto the kinsmen, Naomi that is come again out of the country of Moab,
selleth a parcel of land which was our brother Elimelech's.
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants 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 beside thee, and I am after thee.
And he said, I will redeem it.
Then 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.
And the kinsmen said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance.
Redeem thou my right to thyself, for I cannot redeem it.
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 neighbor.
And this was a testimony in Israel.
Therefore the kinsmen said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee.
So he drew off his shoe.
And 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 Cillian's, and Mahlon's,
of the hand of Naomi.
Moreover, 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.
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 thine house like Rachel and like Leah,
which too did build the house of Israel.
And do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
And let thy house be like the house of Pharaohs, whom Tamar bear unto Judah,
of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife.
And when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord which hath not left
thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel,
and he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old
age, for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven
sons hath born him.
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And 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.
Now these are the generations of Pharaohs.
Pharaohs begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, and
Amminadab begat Noshan, and Noshan begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz,
and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
This concludes Disc Number 15.