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路得记 1-4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
路得记 1-4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
拿俄米和路得
1 在士师执政的时代，犹大发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子从犹大的伯利恒迁到摩押境内寄居。 2 这个人名叫以利米勒，妻子叫拿俄米，两个儿子分别叫玛伦和基连。他们都是犹大 伯利恒的以法他人。他们来到摩押，就在那里住了下来。 3 后来，拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒去世了，留下她和两个儿子。 4 这两个儿子都娶了摩押的女子为妻，一个名叫俄珥巴，一个名叫路得。他们在那里住了大约十年后， 5 玛伦和基连二人也相继去世，只剩下拿俄米，没有了丈夫，也没有了儿子。
6 后来，拿俄米在摩押听说耶和华眷顾祂的子民，使他们五谷丰登，就带着两个儿媳妇准备回故乡。 7 她们离开所居住的地方，启程返回犹大。 8 拿俄米对两个儿媳妇说：“你们还是各回娘家去吧！愿耶和华恩待你们，就好像你们恩待死去的丈夫和我一样。 9 愿耶和华使你们都有机会再嫁，找到好归宿。”拿俄米说完了，就亲吻她们。她们都放声大哭， 10 说：“不！我们要跟你一起回你的家乡。” 11 拿俄米说：“我的女儿啊，回娘家去吧！为什么要跟我去呢？难道我还能生儿子做你们的丈夫吗？ 12 回去吧！我的女儿啊，走吧！我已经老了，不可能再嫁人了。就算我还有指望，今晚能再结婚生子， 13 难道你们能一直不嫁，等到他们长大吗？不要这样，我的女儿啊！这样你们会很苦，我就更苦了，因为耶和华伸手惩罚我。” 14 她们又放声大哭，俄珥巴就亲吻婆婆，向她道别。然而，路得却依依不舍，不肯离去。
15 拿俄米说：“你看，你嫂嫂已经回她家乡和她拜的神明那里去了，你也跟着嫂嫂回去吧！” 16 路得说：“不要逼我撇你而去。你往哪里去，我也要往哪里去；你住在哪里，我也要住在哪里；你的同胞就是我的同胞，你的上帝就是我的上帝； 17 你死在哪里，我也死在哪里、葬在哪里。只有死才能把我们分开。否则，愿耶和华重重地惩罚我！” 18 拿俄米见路得坚决要跟她走，就不再劝阻她了。
19 于是，二人便一同回到伯利恒。她们进了伯利恒，全城惊动。妇女们问：“这不是拿俄米吗？” 20 拿俄米对她们说：“不要再叫我拿俄米[a]了，叫我玛拉[b]吧！因为全能者叫我过得好苦啊！ 21 我曾满满地离开这里，现在耶和华却使我空空地回来。既然耶和华叫我受苦，全能者使我遭遇不幸，为何还叫我拿俄米呢？”
22 拿俄米带着她的儿媳妇——摩押女子路得从摩押回到了伯利恒，那时正是开始收割大麦的季节。
路得遇见波阿斯
2 拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒有个亲戚，名叫波阿斯，是个有名望的财主。 2 摩押女子路得对拿俄米说：“让我到田里去，跟在那些愿意恩待我的人后面，捡些麦穗回来。”拿俄米说：“去吧，我的女儿！” 3 于是，路得便去了。她恰巧来到以利米勒的亲戚波阿斯的田里，跟在收割的人后面捡麦穗。 4 当时，波阿斯刚好从伯利恒来到田间，向那些收割的工人问安说：“愿耶和华与你们同在。”他们回答说：“愿耶和华赐福与你。” 5 波阿斯问负责收割的工头说：“那是谁家的女子？” 6 工头回答说：“她是摩押女子，跟拿俄米刚从摩押回来。 7 她求我让她跟在收割的人后面，捡工人扎捆时遗落的麦穗。她一大早就来到这里，一直捡到现在，除了在凉棚里稍微坐了一会儿之外，几乎没有休息。”
8 波阿斯对路得说：“姑娘[c]，听我说，你不用到别人的田里去拾麦穗了，也不必离开这里，只管留下来跟我的女工在一起。 9 你看我的工人在哪一块田里收割，就跟着我的女工去，我已经吩咐工人不可欺负你。要是你渴了，就去水罐那里喝工人打回来的水。” 10 路得就俯伏在地叩谢他，说：“我不过是个外族人，你为什么这样恩待我、体恤我？” 11 波阿斯说：“自从你丈夫过世之后，你怎样善待婆婆，怎样离开父母和家乡来到素不相识的人当中，我都听说了。 12 愿耶和华照你所行的奖赏你！你来投靠在以色列的上帝耶和华的翅膀下，愿祂厚厚地赏赐你。” 13 路得说：“我主啊！我真是在你面前蒙恩，虽然我连你的婢女都不如，你还好言安慰我。”
14 吃饭的时候，波阿斯对路得说：“来，吃一点饼吧，可以蘸着醋吃。”路得便坐在那些收割工人旁边。波阿斯递给她一些烤好的麦穗。她吃饱了，还有剩余的。 15 当她起来又要去捡麦穗的时候，波阿斯就吩咐他的工人说：“你们要任由她捡，就算她在割下的麦子中捡麦穗，你们也不要为难她。 16 甚至要从麦捆中抽一些出来让她捡，不要责骂她。”
17 于是，路得便在田间继续捡麦穗，到了黄昏，她把捡到的麦穗打了，大约有十三公斤大麦。 18 她把捡来的麦子带回城里给婆婆拿俄米看，又把剩下来的食物给婆婆。 19 婆婆问她：“你今天在哪里拾麦穗？在哪里做工？愿那善待你的人蒙福！”她就告诉婆婆说：“今天我在一个名叫波阿斯的人那里工作。” 20 拿俄米说：“愿耶和华赐福给他，他对活着的和过世的都是那么有情有义。”拿俄米又对路得说：“这人是我们本族的人，是我们的一个近亲。” 21 摩押女子路得说：“他还对我说，‘你可以跟在我的工人后面捡麦穗，直到他们把我的庄稼都收完为止。’” 22 拿俄米对儿媳路得说：“我的女儿啊，你就跟他的女工一起到田里去，免得去别人的田里被欺负。” 23 因此，路得便常跟波阿斯的女工在一起捡麦穗，直到大麦小麦都收割完毕。路得就这样陪伴婆婆过日子。
路得麦场见波阿斯
3 一天，路得的婆婆拿俄米对她说：“我的女儿啊，我实在应该为你找个好归宿，使你生活幸福。 2 波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？而且你又常与他的女工在一起。今天晚上他会在麦场簸大麦。 3 你要梳洗打扮、抹上香膏、换件衣服，然后去麦场，但不要让他认出你是谁。等他吃饱喝足， 4 躺下睡觉的时候，你看准他躺卧的地方，去掀开盖在他脚上的被，躺在那里，到时他必定会告诉你该怎样做。” 5 路得说：“好，我一定照你的吩咐去做。”
6 于是，路得就到麦场去，照她婆婆吩咐的去做。 7 波阿斯吃过晚饭，心里舒畅，便躺在麦堆旁边睡着了。路得悄悄过去掀起盖在他脚上的被，躺在他脚旁。 8 到了半夜，波阿斯忽然惊醒，翻过身来，发现一个女子躺在他的脚旁， 9 便问道：“你是谁？”她答道：“我是你的婢女路得，请用你的衣襟遮盖我，因为你是我的近亲。” 10 波阿斯说：“姑娘，愿耶和华赐福给你，因为你一直对婆家情深义重，现在更是如此。你本来可以找一个或穷或富的年轻丈夫，然而你却没有这样做。 11 姑娘，不要怕，你所说的一切，我都会去为你安排，城里所有的人都知道你是个贤德的女子。 12 不错，我是你的近亲，可是有一个人比我更近。 13 你今晚就留在这里，明天早上，如果他答应尽亲属的义务，就由他照顾你；如果他不肯，我凭永活的耶和华起誓，我会尽我的本分。现在你只管安心睡觉吧。”
14 路得就躺在波阿斯的脚旁。天未亮，还看不清人的时候，路得就起来了。因为波阿斯曾对她说：“不可让别人知道有女人来过这里。” 15 离开的时候，波阿斯对她说：“把你的外衣拿来铺开。”路得就照做了。他用路得的外衣包了六簸箕大麦，帮她扛在肩上，她便回城了。 16 回到家中，婆婆问她：“女儿啊，怎么样了？”路得便将事情的经过都告诉了婆婆。 17 她又说：“那个人给了我六簸箕大麦，对我说，‘不要空手回去见你婆婆。’” 18 拿俄米说：“女儿啊！你只管安静等候，看这事怎样发展，因为那人今天不把事情办妥，是绝不会休息的。”
波阿斯娶路得
4 波阿斯来到城门口，坐在那里，恰巧看见他所说的那位至亲经过，便招呼他说：“某人啊，请过来坐一坐。”那人便走过来坐下。 2 波阿斯又邀请了城里的十位长老，对他们说：“请过来坐一坐。”他们都坐下以后， 3 波阿斯便对那位至亲说：“拿俄米从摩押回来了，现在要卖我们族兄以利米勒的那块地， 4 我想应该让你知道这件事。你最有权赎那块地，其次才是我，此外再没有别人了。如果你愿意赎回那块地，希望你当着在座各位长老的面表明。如果不愿意，请你让我知道。”那人说：“我愿意赎。” 5 波阿斯说：“那么，你从拿俄米手中买地的那天，也要娶已死之人的妻子摩押女子路得，好让死者继续在产业上留名。” 6 那位至亲说：“那我就不能赎了，免得损害到我的产业。你来赎吧，我不能赎。”
7 从前在以色列，买赎或交易有这样的规矩：一旦成交，一方要把鞋脱下来交给另一方，以色列人以此为成交的凭据。 8 那位至亲对波阿斯说：“你自己买吧！”他就把鞋子脱了下来。 9 波阿斯向长老和所有在场的人说：“请各位今天为我作证，所有属于以利米勒、基连和玛伦的产业，我都从拿俄米手上买了。 10 同时，我要娶玛伦的遗孀摩押女子路得为妻，好使死者继续在产业上留名，免得他的名在本族本乡中消失。今天，请各位作证。” 11 聚集在城门口的众人和长老都说：“我们愿意作证。愿耶和华使要进你家门的这女子，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚一样。愿你在以法他家业兴隆，在伯利恒声名远播。 12 愿耶和华借着这年轻女子赐你后裔，使你家像先祖犹大和她玛的儿子法勒斯家一样。”
13 这样，波阿斯便娶了路得为妻，与她同房。耶和华使她怀孕生了一个儿子。 14 妇女们对拿俄米说：“耶和华当受称颂！因为今日祂赐给你一位至亲，使你后继有人，愿这孩子在以色列得享盛名！ 15 他必让你的生命重新得力，奉养你，使你安度晚年，因为他是爱你的儿媳妇所生的。有这儿媳妇比有七个儿子还要好！” 16 拿俄米接过婴孩抱在怀中，照顾他。 17 邻居的妇女们喊着说：“拿俄米有孩子了！”她们给孩子取名叫俄备得，这俄备得就是耶西的父亲，耶西是大卫的父亲。
18 以下是法勒斯的家谱：法勒斯生希斯仑， 19 希斯仑生兰，兰生亚米拿达， 20 亚米拿达生拿顺，拿顺生撒门， 21 撒门生波阿斯，波阿斯生俄备得， 22 俄备得生耶西，耶西生大卫。
Ruth 1-4
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Ruth 1-4
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Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons
1 In the days when the judges ruled,[a](A) there was a famine in the land.(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(D) in the country of Moab.(E) 2 The man’s name was Elimelek,(F) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.(G) They were Ephrathites(H) from Bethlehem,(I) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women,(J) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(K) After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion(L) also died,(M) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem
6 When Naomi heard in Moab(N) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(O) by providing food(P) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(Q) prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(R) May the Lord show you kindness,(S) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(T) and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest(U) in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed(V) them goodbye and they wept aloud(W) 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(X) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(Y) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(Z) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(AA)”
14 At this they wept(AB) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(AC) goodbye,(AD) but Ruth clung to her.(AE)
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(AF) is going back to her people and her gods.(AG) Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(AH) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(AI) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(AJ) and your God my God.(AK) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(AL) if even death separates you and me.”(AM) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(AN)
19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(AO) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(AP) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d](AQ) has made my life very bitter.(AR) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(AS) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me;(AT) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(AU) her daughter-in-law,(AV) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(AW) was beginning.(AX)
Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field
2 Now Naomi had a relative(AY) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(AZ) from the clan of Elimelek,(BA) whose name was Boaz.(BB)
2 And Ruth the Moabite(BC) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(BD) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(BE)”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(BF) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(BG)
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(BH)”
“The Lord bless you!(BI)” they answered.
5 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”
6 The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(BJ) who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(BK) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(BL) in the shelter.”
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(BM) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(BN)—a foreigner?(BO)”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(BP) since the death of your husband(BQ)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(BR) before.(BS) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(BT) the God of Israel,(BU) under whose wings(BV) you have come to take refuge.(BW)”
13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(BX) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(BY) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”
When she sat down with the harvesters,(BZ) he offered her some roasted grain.(CA) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(CB) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(CC) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(CD) her.”
17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(CE) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[f](CF) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(CG) after she had eaten enough.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(CH)”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “The Lord bless him!(CI)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(CJ) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(CK) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(CL) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[g](CM)”
21 Then Ruth the Moabite(CN) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(CO) and wheat harvests(CP) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi(CQ) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[h](CR) for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative(CS) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.(CT) 3 Wash,(CU) put on perfume,(CV) and get dressed in your best clothes.(CW) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(CX) 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do whatever you say,”(CY) Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor(CZ) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,(DA) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.(DB) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. 8 In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!
9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(DC) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[i](DD) of our family.”
10 “The Lord bless you,(DE) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(DF) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.(DG) 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(DH) there is another who is more closely related than(DI) I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(DJ) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(DK) I will do it.(DL) Lie here until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(DM)”(DN)
15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(DO) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[j] went back to town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”(DP)
Boaz Marries Ruth
4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate(DQ) and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[k](DR) he had mentioned(DS) came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders(DT) of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.(DU) 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.(DV) 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[l] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you,(DW) and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,(DX) the[m] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”(DY)
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem(DZ) it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”(EA)
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption(EB) and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal(EC) and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions(ED) in Israel.)(EE)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(EF)
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(EG) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(EH) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(EI) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(EJ) Today you are witnesses!(EK)”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(EL) said, “We are witnesses.(EM) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(EN) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(EO) and be famous in Bethlehem.(EP) 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(EQ) whom Tamar(ER) bore to Judah.”
Naomi Gains a Son
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,(ES) and she gave birth to a son.(ET) 14 The women(EU) said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord,(EV) who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.(EW) May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,(EX) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,(EY) has given him birth.”
16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,(EZ) the father of David.(FA)
The Genealogy of David(FB)
18 This, then, is the family line of Perez(FC):
Footnotes
- Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged
- Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
- Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
- Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
- Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against
- Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
- Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
- Ruth 3:9 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.
- Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she
- Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.
- Ruth 4:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts he
- Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
- Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma
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