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12 But now, though it is true that I am a near kinsman, there is another kinsman more closely related than I.(A)

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12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(A) there is another who is more closely related than(B) I.

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20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin.”[a](A)

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  1. 2.20 Or one with the right to redeem

20 “The Lord bless him!(A)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(B) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(C) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(D) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](E)

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  1. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).