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Ruth 4

2 Bóaz ſpeaketh to Ruths next kinſeman touching her mariage. 7 The anciẽt cuſtome in Iſraél. 10 Bóaz maryeth Ruth, of whome be begetteth Obéd. 18 The generation of Phárez.
1.THen went Bóaz vp to the gate, and ſate there, and beholde, the kinſeman, of whome Bóaz had ſpoken, came by: and he ſaid, Ho, ſuche one, come, ſit downe here. And he turned, and ſate downe.
2.Then he toke ten men of the Elders of ÿ citie, & ſaid, Sit ye downe here. And they ſate downe.
3.And he ſaid vnto ÿ kinſman, Naomí, that is come againe out of ÿ coũtrei of Moáb, wil ſel a parcel of lãd, which was our brother Elimélechs.
4.And I thoght to aduertiſe thee, ſaying, Bye it before the aſsiſtants, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeme it, redeme it: but if thou wilt not redeme it, tel me: for I knowe that there is none beſides thee to redeme it, & I am after thee. Then he anſwered, I wil redeme it.
5.Then ſaid Bóaz, What day thou byeſt ÿ field of the hand of Naomí, thou muſt alſo bye it of Ruth ÿ Moabiteſſe the wife of the dead, to ſterre vp the name of the dead, vpon his inheritance.
6.And the kinſman anſwered, I can not redeme it, leſt I deſtroy mine owne inheritance: redeme my right to thee, for I cã not redeme it.
7.Now this was the maner beforetime in Iſraél, concerning redeming and chãging, for to ſtabliſh all things: a man did plucke of his ſhooe, and gaue it his neighbour, and this was a ſure witnes in Iſraél.
8.Therefore the kinſman ſaid to Bóaz, Bye it for thee: and he drue of his ſhooe.
9.¶ And Bóaz ſaid vnto the Elders and vnto all the people, Ye are witneſſes this day, that I haue boght all ÿ was Elimélechs, and all that was Chilións & Mahlóns, of the land of Naomí.
10.And moreouer, Ruth the Moabiteſſe the wife of Mahlón, haue I boght to be my wife, to ſterre vp the name of ÿ dead vpõ his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witneſſes this day.
11.And all the people that were in the gate, & the Elders ſaid, We are witneſſes: the Lord make the wife that cometh into thine houſe, like Rahél and like Leáh, which twaine did buyld the houſe of Iſraél: and that thou maieſt do worthely in Ephráthah, and be famous in Beth-léhem,
12.And that thine houſe be like ÿ houſe of Phárez ( whome Thamár bare vnto Iudáh) of the ſede which the Lord ſhal giue thee of this yong woman.
13.¶ So Bóaz toke Ruth, and ſhe was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lord gaue, that ſhe conceiued, and bare a fonne.
14.And the women ſaid vnto Naomí, Bleſſed be ÿ Lord, which hathe not left thee this day without a kinſman, & his name ſhalbe continued in Iſraél.
15.And this ſhal bring thy life againe, and cheriſh thine olde age: for thy daughter in lawe which loueth thee, hathe borne vnto him, and ſhe is better to thee then ſeuen ſonnes.
16.And Naomí toke the childe, and layed it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.
17.And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, ſaying, There is a childe borne to Naomí, and called the name thereof Obéd: the ſame was the father of Iſhái, the father of Dauid.
18.¶ Theſe now are the generacions of  Phárez: Phárez begate Hezrón,
19.And Hezrón begate Ram, & Ram begate Amminadáb,
20.And Amminadáb begate Nahſhón, and Nahſhón begate Salmáh,
21.And Salmón begate Bóaz, and Bóaz begate Obéd,
22.And Obéd begate Iſhái, and Iſhái begate Dauid.

Notes

1:a.
Which was yͤ place of iudgement.
1:b.
The Ebrews here vſe two wordes which haue no proper ſignification, but ſerue to note a certaine perſone: as we ſay, ho, ſyrray, or ho, ſuche one.
4:".
Or, inhabitaũts.
4:c.
For thou art the next of yͤ kinne.
5:d.
That is: the ritance might beare his name that is dead.
7:e.
That he had reſigned his right, Deut. 25, 9.
10:f.
Or, of yͤ citie where he remained.
11:g.
Ephráthah & Beth-léhem are bothe one.
12:*.
Gen. 38.29.
14:h.
He ſhal leaue a continew-poſteritie.
15:i.
Meaning, manie ſonnes.
18:*.
2. Chro 2,4. mat. 1,3
18:k.
This genealogie is broght in to proue that Dauid by ſucceßiõ came of the houſe of Iudáh.