[:en]Thoughts from Ruth 4[:]

[:en]According to their customs, it was expected of a near kinsman to buy the property of the dead man and acquire the dead man’s widow in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property (v. 5).  The nearest kinsman relinquish his right to Boaz, so Boaz became the kinsman-redeemer by marrying Ruth.  The Lord enable her to conceive and name him Obed.  He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.[:]