Printed Caption:
Boaz
marries Ruth the Moabitesse.
Ruth 4:1-8,13
Then went Boaz
up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman
of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a
one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat
down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and
said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. And he said unto
the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country
of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the
inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou
wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it,
then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem
it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem
it. Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the
hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon
his inheritance. And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it
for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my
right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the
manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his
shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony
in Israel. Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for
thee. So he drew off his shoe... ...So Boaz took Ruth, and
she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave
her conception, and she bare a son. (KJV)
Figures
de la Bible (1728)
Illustrated by Gerard
Hoet (1648-1733), and others.
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