Ruth 4:6

The Scriptures 2009

And the redeemer said, “I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. Redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I am not able to redeem it.”

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

And Yehuḏah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”

Leviticus 25:25

‘When your brother becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and his redeemer, a close relative comes to redeem it, then he shall redeem what his brother sold.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Yisra’ĕl, he does not agree to perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ ”

Deuteronomy 25:8

“The elders of his city shall then call him and speak to him, and he shall stand and say, ‘I have no desire to take her,’

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and remove his sandal from his foot, and shall spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’

Ruth 2:20

And Na‛omi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of יהוה, who has not forsaken His loving-commitment to the living and the dead!” And Na‛omi said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”

Ruth 3:13

“Stop over tonight, and in the morning it shall be that if he does redeem you, good – let him do it. But if he is not pleased to redeem you, then I shall redeem you, as יהוה lives! Lie down until morning.”

Ruth 3:9

And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your female servant. Now you shall spread your covering over your female servant – for you are a redeemer.”