Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, ^athe redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Come over here, ¹friend, sit down here.” And he came over and sat down. 2 Then he took ten men of the ^aelders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. 3 And he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, has to sell the plot of land ^awhich belonged to our brother Elimelech. 4 So I thought that I would ¹inform you, saying, ‘^aBuy it before those who are sitting here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if ²not, tell me so that I may know; for ^bthere is no one except you to redeem it, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem it.” 5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order ^ato raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.” 6 Then ^athe redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, otherwise I would ¹jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right of redemption, since I cannot redeem it.”

7 Now this was ^athe custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of land to confirm any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the way of confirmation in Israel. 8 So the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” And he removed his sandal. 9 Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. 10 Furthermore, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so ^athat the name of the deceased will not be eliminated from his brothers or from the ¹court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” 11 And all the people who were ¹in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home ^alike Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve ²wealth in Ephrathah and ³become famous in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of ^aPerez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the ¹descendants whom the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And ^athe LORD ¹enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the ^awomen said to Naomi, “Blessed is the LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name ¹become famous in Israel. 15 May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you ^1aand is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

16 Then Naomi took the child and ¹laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 And the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: ^aPerez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed, 22 and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.