Chapter 4

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to the gate Deut 16:18, Deut 17:5, Deut 21:19, Deut 25:7; Job 29:7, Job 31:21; Amos 5:10-12, Amos 5:15

the kinsman Ruth 3:12

such Isa 55:1; Zech 2:6


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the elders Exod 18:21-22, Exod 21:8; Deut 29:10, Deut 31:28; 1Kgs 21:8; Prov 31:23; Lam 5:14; Acts 6:12


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he said Ps 112:5; Prov 13:10


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I thought Heb. I said I will reveal in thine ear

Buy it Jer 32:7-9, Jer 32:25; Rom 12:17; 2Cor 8:21; Phil 4:8

before the inhabitants Gen 23:18; Jer 32:10-12

for there is none Lev 25:25-29


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What day Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many manuscripts since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders.

to raise up Ruth 3:12-13; Gen 38:8; Deut 25:5-6; Matt 22:24; Luke 20:28


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I cannot The Targum seems to give the proper sense of this passage: "I cannot redeem it, because I have a wife already; and it is not fit for me to bring another into my house, lest brawling and contention arise in it; and lest I hurt my own inheritance. Do thou redeem it, for thou has no wife; which hinders me from redeeming it." Ruth 4:6


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a man plucked off This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry a brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of inheritances. For this relative was not a brother, but simply a kinsman; and the shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the kinsman himself. The Targumist, instead of his shoe, renders "his right hand glove," it probably being the custom, in his time, to give that instead of a shoe. Jarchi says, "When we purchase anything new, it is customary to give, instead of a shoe, a handkerchief or veil." Deut 25:7-10


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Ye are witnesses Gen 23:16-18; Jer 32:10-12


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have I Gen 29:18-19, Gen 29:27; Prov 18:22, Prov 19:14, Prov 31:10-11; Hos 3:2, Hos 12:12; Eph 5:25

the name Deut 25:6; Josh 7:9; Ps 34:16, Ps 109:15; Isa 48:19; Zech 13:2

ye are witnesses Isa 8:2-3; Mal 2:14; Heb 13:4


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the Lord Gen 24:60; Ps 127:3-5, Ps 128:3-6

Rachel Gen 29:32-35, Gen 30:1-24, Gen 35:16-20, Gen 46:8-27; Num 26:1-65

build Deut 25:9; Prov 14:1

do thou worthily or, get thee riches, or power

Ephratah Ruth 1:2; Gen 35:16, Gen 35:19; Ps 132:6; Mic 5:2; Matt 2:6

be famous Heb. proclaim thy name


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the house Gen 46:12; Num 26:20-22

whom Gen 38:29; 1Chr 2:4; Matt 1:3

of the seed 1Sam 2:20


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am 2697, bc 1307, An, Ex, Is, 184

Boaz Ruth 3:11

the Lord Ruth 4:12; Gen 20:17-18, Gen 21:1-3, Gen 25:21, Gen 29:31, Gen 30:2, Gen 30:22-23, Gen 33:5; 1Sam 1:27; Ruth 2:5; Ps 113:9, Ps 127:3


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the women Luke 1:58; Rom 12:15; 1Cor 12:26

Blessed Gen 29:35; Ps 34:1-3, Ps 103:1-2; 1Thess 5:18; 2Thess 1:3

which hath Gen 24:27

left thee Heb. caused to cease unto thee

kinsman or, redeemer

that his Ruth 4:21-22; Gen 12:2; Isa 11:1-4; Matt 1:5-20


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a nourisher etc. Heb. to nourish thy grey hairs, Gen 45:11, Gen 47:12; Ps 55:22; Isa 46:4

for thy Ruth 1:16-18

better 1Sam 1:8; Prov 18:24


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the women Luke 1:58-63

Obed That is, δουλευων, serving, or a servant, as Josephus interprets it. Ruth 4:15


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Pharez 1Chr 2:4-8, 1Chr 4:1; Matt 1:3; Luke 3:33, Phares, Esrom


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begat Ram 1Chr 2:9-10; Matt 1:4; Luke 3:33, Aram, Aminadab


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Nahshon Num 1:7; Matt 1:4; Luke 3:32, Naasson

Salmon or, Samlah


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Salmon 1Chr 2:11, Salma, Matt 1:5; Luke 3:32

and Boaz 1Chr 2:12; Matt 1:5; Luke 3:32, Booz


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Jesse 1Sam 16:1; Isa 11:1

David 1Chr 2:15; Matt 1:6; Luke 3:31


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