Introduction
Boaz marries Ruth.
Questions
1. What did Boaz say to the near kinsman and how did he respond?
v 3 and 4 He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s. I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.”
He said, “I will redeem it.”
2. The near kinsman was willing to buy the land, but what extra condition did Boaz say he had to fulfil, that put him off doing it?
v 5 ... "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."
3. Who was born as a result of Boaz marrying Ruth and who was born in subsequent generations?
v 13 and 17 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son. ... They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Summary Points
- v 1 to 6 Boaz explains the situation to Naomi’s closer relative but the relative declines to respond to Ruth’s request
- v 7 to 12 Boaz calls the city elders to witness that he will buy Naomi’s land and marry Ruth so that she can have children
- v 13 to 22 Boaz and Ruth have a son, Obed, who will be the grandfather of King David, an ancestor of Jesus