10 Furthermore, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so (A)that the name of the deceased will not be eliminated from his brothers or from the [a]court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” 11 And all the people who were [b]in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home (B)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve [c]wealth in Ephrathah and [d]become famous in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (C)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the [e]descendants whom the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:10 Lit gate
  2. Ruth 4:11 Lit at the gate
  3. Ruth 4:11 Or power
  4. Ruth 4:11 Lit call the name in
  5. Ruth 4:12 Lit seed

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