¶ Then went Boaz up to the gate¹, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman² of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such³ a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

And he took ten men of the elders⁴ of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

And he said⁵ 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:

And I thought⁶ to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants⁷, 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 none⁸ to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Then said Boaz, What day⁹ 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 up¹⁰ the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

And the kinsman said, I cannot¹¹ redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off¹² his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses¹³ 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.

¶ Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I¹⁴ purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name¹⁵ 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 witnesses¹⁶ this day.

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD¹⁷ make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel¹⁸ and like Leah, which two did build¹⁹ the house of Israel: and do thou worthily²⁰ in Ephratah, and be famous²¹ in Bethlehem:

And let thy house be like the house²² of Pharez, whom²³ Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed²⁴ which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD²⁶ gave her conception, and she bare a son.

And the women²⁷ said unto Naomi, Blessed²⁸ be the LORD, which hath²⁹ not left thee³⁰ this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher³¹ of thine old age: for thy³² daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better³³ to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

And the women³⁴ her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed³⁵: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Now these are the generations of Pharez³⁶: Pharez begat Hezron,

And Hezron begat Ram³⁸, and Ram begat Amminadab,

¶ And Amminadab begat Nahshon⁴⁰, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

And Salmon⁴² begat Boaz, and Boaz⁴⁴ begat Obed,

And Obed begat Jesse⁴⁶, and Jesse begat David⁴⁷.