Ruth 4 (NET)

Ruth 4:1¹Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth. Boaz said, “Come here, what’s-your-name, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:7Ruth 3:12Deut 16:18Amos 5:10-12Amos 5:15Deut 21:19Job 29:7Job 31:21

Ruth 4:2²Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 31:231 Kgs 21:8Acts 6:12Exod 21:8Lam 5:14Deut 29:10Deut 31:28Exod 18:21-22

Ruth 4:3³Then Boaz said to the guardian, “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 112:5Prov 13:10

Ruth 4:4⁴So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people. If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.” He replied, “I will redeem it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:21Jer 32:7-12Lev 25:25-29Gen 23:18Jer 32:25Phil 4:8Rom 12:17

Ruth 4:5⁵Then Boaz said, “When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:5-6Gen 38:8Matt 22:24Luke 20:28Ruth 3:12-13

Ruth 4:6⁶The guardian said, “Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 25:25Ruth 3:13

Ruth 4:7⁷(Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel: A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party. This was a legally binding act in Israel.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:7-10

Ruth 4:8⁸So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 4:9⁹Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 23:16-18Jer 32:10-12

Ruth 4:10¹⁰I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:6Eph 5:25Gen 29:18-19Gen 29:27Heb 13:4Hos 12:12Hos 3:2Isa 48:19Isa 8:2-3Josh 7:9

Ruth 4:11¹¹All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Ruth 4:12¹²May your family become like the family of Perez —whom Tamar bore to Judah—through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 38:291 Chr 2:41 Sam 2:20Gen 46:12Matt 1:3Num 26:20-22Ruth 4:18

Ruth 4:13¹³So Boaz married Ruth and slept with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Ruth 4:14¹⁴The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Ruth 4:15¹⁵He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 46:4Ps 55:22Gen 45:11Ruth 2:11-121 Sam 1:8Gen 47:12Prov 18:24Ruth 1:16-18

Ruth 4:16¹⁶Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 4:17¹⁷The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse—David’s father.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:58-63

Ruth 4:18¹⁸These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 1:3-61 Chr 2:4-8Luke 3:331 Chr 4:1

Ruth 4:19¹⁹Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:9-10Luke 3:33Matt 1:4

Ruth 4:20²⁰Amminadab was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 1:7Luke 3:32Matt 1:4

Ruth 4:21²¹Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:32Matt 1:51 Chr 2:11-12

Ruth 4:22²²Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:151 Sam 16:1Isa 11:1Luke 3:31Matt 1:6