<t /><p class="bodytext">So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> enabled her to conceive<n id="2" /> and she gave birth to a son.

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property<n id="1" /> so the name of the deceased might not disappear<n id="2" /> from among his relatives and from his village.<n id="3" /> You are witnesses today.&#8221;