7 aNow this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
8 Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his sandal.
9 And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, athat the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from1 his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”
11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. aThe Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who bbuilt the house of Israel; and may you prosper in cEphrathah and be famous in dBethlehem.
12 May your house be like the house of aPerez, bwhom Tamar bore to Judah, because of cthe offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”
Descendants of Boaz and Ruth
13 So Boaz atook Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, bthe Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Ruth 4:9.
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