Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order (A)to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.” Then (B)the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, otherwise I would [a]jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right of redemption, since I cannot redeem it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:6 Lit damage

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