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Boaz and Ruth Marry and Have a Son

Boaz went up to the city gate, and he sat down there. Just then, the redeemer about whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. Boaz said, “Come over here! Sit down, my dear friend!”[a] So he came over and sat down.

Then Boaz chose ten men from the elders of the town, and he said, “Sit down here!” They too sat down.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew has an unusual expression that seems to be a device to avoid mentioning the name of the man who refused to marry Ruth. He is a “John Doe.”