# Ruth 4

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/4

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Look, the redeemer whom Boaz had spoken of was passing by, so he said, "Turn aside, sit here, such a one." He turned aside and sat down.
2. He took ten men from the elders of the city and said, "Sit here." They sat down.
3. He said to the redeemer, "Naomi, who has returned from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech."
4. I said I would reveal it to your hearing, saying, "Buy it in the presence of those seated and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, declare it to me, that I may know; for there is no one else to redeem it other than you, and I am after you." He said, "I will redeem it."
5. Boaz said, "When you buy the field from Naomi, you buy Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's wife, from her as well, buying her to establish the dead man's name on his inheritance."
6. The redeemer replied, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my inheritance. You redeem my redemption right for yourself, for I cannot redeem it."
7. Formerly in Israel, this was the practice regarding redemption and exchange to establish every matter: a man drew off his shoe and gave it to his fellow, and this served as testimony in Israel.
8. The redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy for yourself," and he pulled off his shoe.
9. Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi."
10. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's wife, to become my wife and establish the dead man's name upon his inheritance, so the dead man's name will not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his town—you are witnesses today.
11. All the people at the gate and the elders said, "Witnesses! May Yahweh make the woman who enters your house like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; gain strength in Ephrathah and make a name in Bethlehem."
12. May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, from the offspring that Yahweh gives you from this young woman.
13. Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; he came to her, and Yahweh granted her conception, and she bore a son.
14. The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Yahweh who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name be renowned in Israel."
15. He will be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you—she who is better to you than seven sons—has borne him.
16. Naomi took the child and placed him in her lap, and she became his nurse.
17. The neighboring women named him, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi," and called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18. These are Perez's generations: Perez fathered Hezron.
19. Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab.
20. Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.
21. Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed.
22. Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

## Nearby chapters

[Ruth 3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ruth/3.md)
[1 Samuel 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-samuel/1.md)

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