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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 a gate, and ſate there, and beholde, the kinſeman, of whome Bóaz had ſpoken, came by: and he ſaid, b 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 c 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 d 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 e 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 f 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 g 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, & h 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 i 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 * k
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 pro-per ſignifica-tion, but ſerue to note a cer-taine 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 na-me that is de-ad.
7:e.
That he had reſigned his right, Deut. 25, 9.
10:f.
Or, of yͤ citie where he re-mained.
11:g.
Ephráthah & Beth-léhem are bothe one.
12:*.
Gen. 38.29.
14:h.
He ſhal lea-ue 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.