7. (Now this was the custom in ancient times in Israel for redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, a man would remove his sandal and give it to his neighbor. This was a binding act in Israel.)
8. Therefore the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself,” and he removed his sandal.
9. Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought everything that belonged to Elimelek, Kilion, and Mahlon from Naomi.
10. Moreover I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, in order to preserve the name of the deceased man for his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from among his brothers or from his town. You are witnesses this day.”
11. Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!
12. May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
14. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you without a redeemer. May he become famous in Israel!
15. He will be a comfort for your soul and support you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
16. Then Naomi took the child, laid him on her lap, and became his nurse.
17. The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18. Now these are the descendants of Perez:Perez was the father of Hezron,
19. Hezron the father of Ram,Ram the father of Amminadab,
20. Amminadab the father of Nahshon,Nahshon the father of Salmon,
21. Salmon the father of Boaz,Boaz the father of Obed,
22. Obed the father of Jesse,and Jesse the father of David.