Her mother-in-law asked her,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!&#8221;<n id="2" /> So Ruth<n id="3" /> told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said, &#8220;The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.&#8221;

All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, &#8220;We are witnesses. May the <sc>Lordsc> make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May<n id="1" /> you prosper<n id="2" /> in Ephrathah and become famous<n id="3" /> in Bethlehem.<n id="4" />

So I am legally informing you:<n id="1" /> Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people!<n id="2" /> If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so.<n id="3" /> But if not, then tell me<n id="4" /> so I will know.<n id="5" /> For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.&#8221;<n id="6" /> He replied, &#8220;I will redeem it.&#8221;