Ruth 4

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 25:7Ruth 3:12Deut 16:18Amos 5:10-12Amos 5:15Deut 21:19Job 29:7Job 31:21

²And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 31:231 Kgs 21:8Acts 6:12Exod 21:8Lam 5:14Deut 29:10Deut 31:28Exod 18:21-22

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: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 112:5Prov 13:10

⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 8:21Jer 32:7-12Lev 25:25-29Gen 23:18Jer 32:25Phil 4:8Rom 12:17

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 25:5-6Gen 38:8Matt 22:24Luke 20:28Ruth 3:12-13

⁶And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 25:25Ruth 3:13

⁷Now 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 neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 25:7-10

⁸Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 23:16-18Jer 32:10-12

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 25:6Eph 5:25Gen 29:18-19Gen 29:27Heb 13:4Hos 12:12Hos 3:2Isa 48:19Isa 8:2-3Josh 7:9

¹¹And 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 two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 29:32-30:24Matt 2:6Mic 5:2Ps 127:3-5Deut 25:9Gen 35:16-20Gen 46:8-27Num 26:1-65Prov 14:1Ps 128:3-6

¹²And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 38:291 Chr 2:41 Sam 2:20Gen 46:12Matt 1:3Num 26:20-22Ruth 4:18

¹³So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 29:31Gen 33:5Ps 127:3Ruth 3:111 Sam 1:271 Sam 2:5Gen 25:21Gen 30:2Gen 30:22-23Ps 113:9

¹⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 12:2Luke 1:58Matt 1:5-20Isa 11:1-4Ruth 4:21-221 Cor 12:26Ps 34:1-31 Thess 5:182 Thess 1:3Gen 24:27

¹⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 46:4Ps 55:22Gen 45:11Ruth 2:11-121 Sam 1:8Gen 47:12Prov 18:24Ruth 1:16-18

¹⁶And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 1:58-63

¹⁸Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 1:3-61 Chr 2:4-8Luke 3:331 Chr 4:1

¹⁹And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 2:9-10Luke 3:33Matt 1:4

²⁰And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Num 1:7Luke 3:32Matt 1:4

²¹And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 3:32Matt 1:51 Chr 2:11-12

²²And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 2:151 Sam 16:1Isa 11:1Luke 3:31Matt 1:6