Ruth

Font:
4:12 bbeMay your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.
4:20 bbeAnd Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;
4:1 bbeAnd Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
4:15 bbeHe will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.
4:4 bbeAnd it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it.
4:7 bbeNow, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel.
4:22 bbeAnd Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
4:17 bbeAnd the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
4:2 bbeThen he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.
4:8 bbeSo the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.
4:9 bbeThen Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's.
4:13 bbeSo Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.
4:11 bbeAnd all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
4:21 bbeAnd Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;
4:19 bbeAnd Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;
4:10 bbeAnd, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.
4:14 bbeAnd the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel.
4:3 bbeThen he said to the near relation, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for a price that bit of land which was our brother Elimelech's:
4:18 bbeNow these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;
4:5 bbeThen Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.
4:6 bbeAnd the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.
4:16 bbeAnd Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.