Boaz Redeems Ruth

¹Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemerof whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

²Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

³And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

⁴I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if youwill not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.”“I will redeem it,” he replied.

⁵Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

⁶The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

⁷Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

⁸So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

⁹At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

¹⁰Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

¹¹“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

¹²And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

Boaz Marries Ruth

¹³So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

¹⁴Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.

¹⁵He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

¹⁶And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.

¹⁷The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Line of David

¹⁸Now these are the generations of Perez:Perez was the father of Hezron,

¹⁹Hezron was the father of Ram,Ram was the father of Amminadab,

²⁰Amminadab was the father of Nahshon,Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

²¹Salmon was the father of Boaz,Boaz was the father of Obed,

²²Obed was the father of Jesse,and Jesse was the father of David.

The Sons of Israel

¹These were the sons of Israel:Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:Zimri,Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

⁷The sonof Carmi:Achar,who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan:Azariah.

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron:Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimeathird,

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jetherthe Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath,who bore to him Hur.

²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair,along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah boreto him Ashhur the fatherof Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam:Shammai and Jada.The sons of Shammai:Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab:Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹The sonof Appaim:Ishi.The son of Ishi:Sheshan.The son of Sheshan:Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³The sons of Jonathan:Peleth and Zaza.These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

⁴⁰Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:Meshahis firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.The sonsof Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

⁵³and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

⁵⁵and the clans of the scribeswho lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Moses at the Burning Bush

¹Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,the mountain of God.

²There the angelof the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

³So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

⁴When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!”“Here I am,” he answered.

⁵“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

⁶Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

⁷The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

⁸I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

⁹And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.

¹⁰Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

¹¹But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

¹²“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

¹³Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

¹⁶Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

¹⁷And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

¹⁸The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

¹⁹But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

²⁰So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.

²¹And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

²²Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

The Blessed Fear of the LORD

¹Blessed are all who fear the LORD,who walk in His ways!

²For when you eat the fruit of your labor,blessings and prosperity will be yours.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vineflourishing within your house,your sons like olive shootssitting around your table.

⁴In this way indeed shall blessing cometo the man who fears the LORD.

⁵May the LORD bless you from Zion,that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalemall the days of your life,

⁶that you may seeyour children’s children.Peace be upon Israel!