Ruth 4:6Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
‘I cannot buy it for myself without spoiling my own inheritance,’ the near relative said. ‘You take my right of buying it as a relative, because I cannot do so.’
Related Verses
Ruth 1:5
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and Naomi was left alone, without husband or sons.
Ruth 2:20
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, ‘May the blessing of the Lord rest on this man who has not ceased to show his loving-kindness to the living and to the dead. The man,’ she added, ‘is a near relation of ours.’
Ruth 2:21
‘He told me,’ Ruth said, ‘that I must keep near his young men until they have completed all his harvest.’
Ruth 3:9
‘Who are you?’ he said. ‘I am Ruth your servant,’ she answered, ‘Spread your cloak over your servant, for you are a near relative.’
Ruth 3:12
Now it is true that I am a near relative, but there is another man nearer than I.