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Rut 4:4

Listen to Rut 4:4
4 Consideré que debía informarte del asunto y sugerirte que lo compres en presencia de estos testigos y de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si vas a redimir el terreno, hazlo. Pero si no vas[a] a redimirlo, házmelo saber, para que yo lo sepa. Porque ningún otro tiene el derecho de redimirlo sino tú, y después de ti, yo tengo ese derecho.—Yo lo redimo —le contestó.

Rut 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 4:4

And I thought to advertise thee
To give him notice of it; or "I said" F7; he said in his heart and mind, purposing to do it; or he said it to Ruth, promising her that he would do it:

saying, buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my
people;
or before those that sat there, even the elders, as witnesses of the purchase:

if thou wilt redeem it, redeem it:
for it was redeemable by a near kinsman according to the law, even when said to another, in ( Leviticus 25:25 ) ,

but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know;
what to do in this affair, whether to redeem it or not:

for there is none to redeem it besides thee, and I am after thee;
he was the first, and Boaz was the next near kinsman, to whom the right of redemption belonged:

and he said, I will redeem it:
he chose to make the purchase, he liked the land, which he probably full well knew, and it might lie near his own, and make a good addition to it; and as the widow was determined, and under a necessity to sell, he might expect to have it at a cheap rate; all which might induce him at once to agree to be the purchaser.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 (ytrma ynaw) "et ego dixi", Pagninus, Montanus
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Rut 4:4 In-Context

2 Entonces Booz llamó a diez de los ancianos de la ciudad, y les dijo:—Siéntense aquí.Y ellos se sentaron.
3 Booz le dijo al pariente redentor:—Noemí, que ha regresado de la tierra de Moab, está vendiendo el terreno que perteneció a nuestro hermano Elimélec.
4 Consideré que debía informarte del asunto y sugerirte que lo compres en presencia de estos testigos y de los ancianos de mi pueblo. Si vas a redimir el terreno, hazlo. Pero si no vas a redimirlo, házmelo saber, para que yo lo sepa. Porque ningún otro tiene el derecho de redimirlo sino tú, y después de ti, yo tengo ese derecho.—Yo lo redimo —le contestó.
5 Pero Booz le aclaró:—El día que adquieras el terreno de Noemí, adquieres también a Rut la moabita, viuda del difunto, a fin de conservar su nombre junto con su heredad.
6 —Entonces no puedo redimirlo —respondió el pariente redentor—, porque podría perjudicar mi propia herencia. Redímelo tú; te cedo mi derecho. Yo no puedo ejercerlo.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "si no vas " (mss. hebreos, LXX, Vulgata y Siríaca); "si él no va " (TM).
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