Ruth 4:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must also buy it of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the dead, to stir up the name of the dead, upon his [a]inheritance.
6 And the kinsman answered, I cannot redeem it, lest I destroy mine own inheritance: redeem my right to thee, for I can not redeem it.
7 Now this was the manner beforetime in Israel, concerning redeeming and changing for to stablish all things: a man did pluck off his shoe, and gave it his neighbor: and this was a sure [b]witness in Israel.
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- Ruth 4:5 That his inheritance might bear his name that is dead.
- Ruth 4:7 That he had resigned his right, Deut. 25:9.
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