"Remainthis night,and when morningcomes,ifhe will redeemyou, good;let him redeemyou. But ifhe does not wishto redeemyou, then I will redeemyou, as the LORDlives.Liedownuntilmorning."
"Then ifthey will reallylearnthe waysof My people,to swearby My name,'As the LORDlives,'evenas they taughtMy peopleto swearby Baal,they will be builtup in the midstof My people.
And you will swear,'As the LORDlives,'In truth,in justiceand in righteousness;Then the nationswill blessthemselves in Him, And in Him they will glory."
But I callGodas witnessto my soul,that to spareyou I did not comeagainto Corinth.
For menswearby one greater[than themselves], and with them an oath[given] as confirmationis an endof everydispute.
He said,"They [were] my brothers,the sonsof my mother.[As] the LORDlives,ifonlyyou had let them live,I would not killyou."
Naomisaidto her daughter-in-law,"May he be blessedof the LORDwhohas not withdrawnhis kindnessto the livingand to the dead."Again Naomisaidto her, "The manis our relative,he is one of our closestrelatives."
"Nowit is true I am a closerelative;however,thereis a relativecloserthanI.
Then Boazsaid,"On the dayyou buythe fieldfrom the handof Naomi,you must also acquireRuththe Moabitess,the widowof the deceased,in order to raiseup the nameof the deceasedon his inheritance."
The closestrelativesaid,"I cannotredeem[it] for myself, becauseI would jeopardizemy own inheritance.Redeem[it] for yourself; you [may have] my rightof redemption,for I cannotredeem[it]."
