Ruth 4:9

וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּעַז לַזְּקֵנִים וְכָל ־ הָעָם עֵדִים אַתֶּם הַיּוֹם כִּי קָנִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר לֶֽאֱלִימֶלֶךְ וְאֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר לְכִלְיוֹן וּמַחְלוֹן מִיַּד נָעֳמִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

In Context

8וַיֹּאמֶר הַגֹּאֵל לְבֹעַז קְנֵה ־ לָךְ וַיִּשְׁלֹף נַעֲלֽוֹ ׃

10וְגַם אֶת ־ רוּת הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה אֵשֶׁת מַחְלוֹן קָנִיתִי לִי לְאִשָּׁה לְהָקִים שֵׁם ־ הַמֵּת עַל ־ נַחֲלָתוֹ וְלֹא ־ יִכָּרֵת שֵׁם ־ הַמֵּת מֵעִם אֶחָיו וּמִשַּׁעַר מְקוֹמוֹ עֵדִים אַתֶּם הַיּֽוֹם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 23:11לֹֽא ־ אֲדֹנִי שְׁמָעֵנִי הַשָּׂדֶה נָתַתִּי לָךְ וְהַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר ־ בּוֹ לְךָ נְתַתִּיהָ לְעֵינֵי בְנֵי ־ עַמִּי נְתַתִּיהָ לָּךְ קְבֹר מֵתֶֽךָ ׃

Jeremiah 32:10וָאֶכְתֹּב בַּסֵּפֶר וָֽאֶחְתֹּם וָאָעֵד עֵדִים וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם ׃

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:2-9

Ruth Refused by Her Kinsman. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: 4 And I thought to… Read the whole commentary →

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