Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
HE REFUSES THE REDEMPTION. (Ruth 4:6-8)
The kinsman said, I cannot redeem it . . ., lest I mar mine own inheritance—This consequence would follow, either, first, from his having a son by Ruth, who, though heir to the property, would not bear his name; his name would be extinguished in that of her former husband; or, secondly, from its having to be subdivided among his other children, which he had probably by a previous marriage. This right, therefore, was renounced and assigned in favor of Boaz, in the way of whose marriage with Ruth the only existing obstacle was now removed.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ruth 4:6:
Ruth 4:6
Jeremiah 32:7
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