Ruth 4:6Open English Bible (US)
“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.”
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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.