CHAP. IIII.
1 Bóaz speaketh to Ruths next kinseman touching her mariage. 7 The ancient custome in Israél. 10 Bóaz ma∣ryeth Ruth. of whome he begetteth Obéd. 18 The gene ration of Phárez.
1 THen went Bóaz vp to thea 1.1 gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinseman, of whome Bôaz had spoken, came by: and he said,b 1.2 Ho, suche one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, and sate downe.
2 Then he toke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.
3 And he said vnto the kinseman, Naomi, that is come againe out of the countrei of Moáb wil sel a parcel of lād, which was our brother Elimélechs.
4 And I thoght to aduertise thee, saying, Bye it before the“ 1.3 assistās, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wiltredeme it, redeme it: but if thou wilt not redeme it, tel me: for I knowe that there is nonec 1.4 besides thee to redeme it, and I am after thee. Then he ans∣wered, I wil redeme it.
5 Then said Bōaz, What day thou byest the fi∣eld of the hand of Naomi, thou must also bye it of Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of the dead, to sterre vp the name of the dead, vpon hisd 1.5 inheritance.
6 And the kinsman answered, I cannot rede∣me it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeme my right to thee, for I cannot rede∣me it.
7 Now this was the maner beforetime in Isra∣él, concerning redeming and changing, for to stablish all things: a man did plucke of his shooe, and gaue it his neighbour, and this was a suree 1.6 witnes in Israél.
8 Therefore the kinsman said to Bôaz, Bye it for thee: and he drue of his shooe.
9 And Bóaz said vnto the Elders and vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue boght all that was Elimélechs, and all that was Chiliōns and Mahlóns, of the hand of Naomi.
10 And moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of Mahlón, haue I boght to be my wife to sterre vp the name of the dead vpon his in heritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of hisf 1.7 place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 And al the people that were in the gate, and the Elders said, (We are) witnes: the Lord make the wife that cometh into thine house like Rahél and like Leáh, which twaine did buyld the house of Israél: & that thou maiest do worthely ing 1.8 Ephráthah, and be famous in Beth-léhem,
12 And that thine house be like the house of* 1.9 Phárez [* whome Thamár bare vnto Iudáh] of the sede which the Lord shal giue thee of this yong woman.
13 ¶ So Bóaz toke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went invnto her, the Lord gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.
14 And the women said vnto Naomi, Blessed (be) the Lord, which hathe not left thee this day without a kinsman, andh 1.10 his name shal be continued in Israél.
15 And this shal bring thy life againe, and che∣rish thine olde age: for thy daughter in lawe which loueth thee, hathe borne vnto him, & she is better to thee theni 1.11 seuen sonnes.
16 And Naomi toke the childe, and layed it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.
17 And (the women) her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obéd: the same was the father of Ishái, the father of Dauid.* 1.12
18 ¶ These now are the generacions of *k 1.13 Phá* 1.14 rez: Phárez begate Hezrón,
19 And Hezrón begate Ram, and Ram begate Amminadáb,
20 And Amminadáb begate Nahshón, and Nahshōn begate Salmáh,
21 And Salmón begate Bōaz, and Bōaz begate Obéd,
22 And Obéd begate Ishái, and Ishái begate Dauid.