Ruth 2:20

New Living Translation

“May the Lord bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband. That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:5

he sent them this message: “May the Lord bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.

2 Samuel 9:1

One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Job 19:25

“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.

Leviticus 25:25

If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.

Philippians 4:10

How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me.

Ruth 2:21

Then Ruth said, “What’s more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed.”

Ruth 3:12

But while it’s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am.

Ruth 4:14

Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.

Ruth 4:4

I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don’t want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.” The man replied, “All right, I’ll redeem it.”

Ruth 4:6

“Then I can’t redeem it,” the family redeemer replied, “because this might endanger my own estate. You redeem the land; I cannot do it.”