6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem itfor myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem
thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7 Now this was the mannerin former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave itto his neighbour: and
this wasa testimony in Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy itfor thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and untoall the people, Ye arewitnesses this day, that I have
bought all that wasElimelech's, and all that wasChilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up
the name 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 arewitnesses this day.
11 And all the people that werein the gate, and the elders, said, We arewitnesses. The LORD
make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the
house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed
which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her
conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed bethe LORD, which hath not left thee this day
without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thylife, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy
daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they
called his name Obed: he isthe father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these arethe generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.