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1 Then 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.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said,
Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And 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:
4 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.
5 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.
6 And 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.
7 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 neighbour:
and this was a testimony in Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So
he drew off his shoe.
9 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 Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
10 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.
11 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 two did build the house
of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
Bethlehem:
12 And 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and
became nurse unto it.
17 And 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.
18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat
Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized
Version
2.
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
- http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ruth/gill/ruth2.htm
3. John Wesley's
Notes on the Bible
- http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ruth/wesley/ruth1.htm
4. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary
- http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ruth/mh/ruth2.htm
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About Ruth 4 |
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Bible Author |
This
short history fitly follows the book of Judges, the
events related therein happening in the time of the
Judges. It was probably wrote by Samuel.3
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Structure of
Ruth 4 |
This chapter relates how an offer was made to the nearest
kinsman of Ruth to redeem her, and the field her husband
left, which he refused to do, Ruth 4:1,
upon which Boaz redeemed both, and married Ruth before the
elders of the city as witnesses, and who congratulated him
and her on that occasion, Ruth 4:9,
to whom a son was born, called Obed by the neighbours, Ruth
4:13
and the chapter is concluded with the genealogy of David,
who sprung from him, Ruth 4:18.
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Wedding of Ruth and Boaz |
In this chapter we have
the wedding between Boaz and Ruth, in the circumstances of
which there was something uncommon, which is kept upon
record for the illustration, not only of the law concerning
the marrying of a brother's widow (Deu. 25:5, etc.), for
cases help to expound laws, but of the gospel too, for from
this marriage descended David, and the Son of David, whose
espousals to the Gentile church were hereby typified. We are
here told,
I. How Boaz got clear of his rival, and fairly
shook him off (v. 1-8).
II. How his marriage with Ruth was
publicly solemnized, and attended with the good wishes of
his neighbours (v. 9-12).
III. The happy issue that
descended from this marriage, Obed, the grandfather of David
(v. 13-17). And so the book concludes with the pedigree of
David (v. 18-22). Perhaps it was to oblige him that the
blessed Spirit directed the inserting of this story in the
sacred canon, he being desirous that the virtues of his
great-grandmother Ruth, together with her Gentile extraction
and the singular providences that attended her, should be
transmitted to posterity.4
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