Ruth 4:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ “If you do buy it from Naomi,” Boaz told him, “you must also marry Ruth. Then if you have a son by her, the property will stay in the family of Ruth's first husband.”

⁶ The man answered, “If that's the case, I don't want to buy it! That would make problems with the property I already own.^[a] You may buy it yourself, because I cannot.”

^7 (A) To make a sale legal in those days, one person would take off a sandal and give it to the other.