Ruth 4
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Boaz Redeems Ruth
1Now Boaz had gone up to #2 Sam. 15:2; 18:4, 24, 33; 19:8; Ps. 127:5 the gate and sat down there. And behold, #ch. 2:20the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. 2And he took ten men #1 Kgs. 21:8; Prov. 31:23of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. 3Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. 4So I thought I would tell you of it and say, #Lev. 25:25; [Jer. 32:7, 8]‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you#4:4 Hebrew he will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.” 5Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth#4:5 Masoretic Text you also buy it from Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order #ver. 10; ch. 3:13; Deut. 25:5, 6to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.” 6#ch. 3:12, 13Then the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
7 # See Deut. 25:7-10 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. 8So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal. 9Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to #ch. 1:2, 4, 5Chilion and to Mahlon. 10Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, #ver. 5to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.” 11Then all the people who were #See ver. 1 at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, #See Gen. 29:31–30:24; 35:16-18 who together #Deut. 25:9 built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in #Gen. 35:16, 19 Ephrathah and #ver. 14be renowned in Bethlehem, 12and may your house be like the house of Perez, #Gen. 38:29; 1 Chr. 2:4; Matt. 1:3 whom Tamar bore to Judah, because #1 Sam. 2:20of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
Ruth and Boaz Marry
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, #Gen. 29:31; 33:5and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14#[Luke 1:58] Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without #ch. 2:20 a redeemer, and may his name #ver. 11be renowned in Israel! 15He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, #1 Sam. 1:8who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 16Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. 17#Luke 1:59And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
The Genealogy of David
18Now these are the generations of Perez: #For ver. 18-22, see 1 Chr. 2:4-15; Matt. 1:3-6Perez fathered Hezron, 19Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20#Num. 1:7; [Ex. 6:23]Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
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Ruth 4
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1Then went Boaz up to the sha'ar, and sat him down there; and, hinei, the Go'el of whom Boaz spoke 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 a minyan of the zekenim of the town, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3And he said unto the Go'el, Naomi, that is come again out of the sadeh of Moav, selleth a share of sadeh, which was achinu (our brother) Elimelechʼs;
4And I thought to advise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the zekenim 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.
5Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the sadeh of the hand of Naomi, thou must acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the eshet hamet (wife of the dead man), lahakim (to raise up, resurrect) the shem hamet upon his nachalah (inheritance).
6And the Go'el said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own nachalah; redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7Now this was the manner in former time in Yisroel concerning the geulah (redemption) and concerning the temurah (the substitute, exchange), for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was an attestation in Yisroel.
8Therefore the Go'el said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his sandal.
9And Boaz said unto the zekenim, and unto kol haAm, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelechʼs, and all that was Kilyonʼs and Machlonʼs, of the hand of Naomi.
10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Machlon, have I purchased to be my wife, lahakim (to raise up, resurrect) the shem hamet (name of the dead man) upon his nachalah, that the shem of the dead man be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the sha'ar of his place; ye are edim (witnesses) HaYom.
11And kol HaAm that were in the sha'ar, and the zekenim, said, We are edim. Hashem make the isha haba'ah (the woman coming),#4:11 See Gn 3:15; Isa 7:14 into thine bais#4:11 i.e. Bais Dovid like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the Bais Yisroel; and do thou worthily in Ephrat, and be famous in Beit-Lechem;
12And let thy bais be like the bais of Peretz, whom Tamar bore unto Yehudah, of the zera#4:12 Gn 22:18; Ga 3:16 which Hashem shall give thee of this na'arah.
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his isha; and when he went in unto her, Hashem gave her conception, and she bore ben.#4:13 See Isa 7:14
14And the nashim said unto Naomi, Baruch Hashem, which hath not left thee this yom without a Go'el. May shmo be famous in Yisroel.
15And may he restore your nefesh and be a nourisher of thine old age; for thy kallah, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than shiva banim, hath born him.
16And Naomi took the yeled, and laid him in her kheyk (bosom), and became omenet (nurse) unto it.
17And the women her shchenim gave him a name, saying, There is a ben born to Naomi; and they called his name Oved; he is the father of Yishai, the father of Dovid.
18Now these are the toldot of Peretz; Peretz fathered Chetzron,
19And Chetzron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadav,
20And Amminadav fathered Nachshon, and Nachshon fathered Salmon,
21And Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Oved,
22And Oved fathered Yishai, and Yishai fathered Dovid.#4:22 T. N. This genealogy is important not only because it is Dovidʼs, but also because it is Moshiachʼs. See 1Chr 2:4; 3:5 and the genealogy in Mt 1 of Yehoshua/Yeshua Ben Dovid. The sandal exchanged (Ruth 4:7) fell on the genealogical line that would inherit the earth (Ro 4:13), crush Satanʼs head (Gn 3:15), and make the temurah (substitution) to redeem the living and the dead (Ro 4:25), even as Elimelech stood up alive vicariously through his Goel to reclaim the allotted inheritance of his redemption.
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