Ruth's marriage and descendants

1 .Now Boaz went up He had decided to redeem Elimelech's estate if the next of kin refused the obligation; this is the primary meaning of the transaction about to be described. went up, i.e. from the threshing-floor; cf. go downRuth 3:3, of the opposite direction. Bethlehem is situated on the summit of two knolls.

the gate where family law was administered, Deuteronomy 25:7; cf. Deuteronomy 3:11 n. Boaz knew that the Go'el would be passing out of the town in the morning.

Ho, such a one! A form of address indicating a definite person without expressly naming him; cf. 1 Samuel 21:2; 2 Kings 6:8 (of a place).

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