Ruth 4:6

"Then Boaz said, “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.”"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the importance of fulfilling obligations and the responsibility to preserve lineage and family names. By purchasing the field and also marrying Ruth, Boaz ensures that the deceased's name is perpetuated, embodying the broader themes of redemption and restoration in the narrative.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I mar mine own inheritance -The meaning of these words is doubtful. Some explain them by saying that theגאלgā'alhad a wife and children already, and would not introduce strife into his family. Others think that there was a risk (which he would not incur) of the go’el’s own name being blotted out from his inheritanceRuth 4:10. Others take the word translated as “mar” in a sense of wasting or spending. If he had to find the purchase-money, and support Naomi and Ruth, his own fortune would be broken down, if, as is likely, he was a man of slender means. Boaz, being “a mighty man of wealth,” could afford this. Redeem thou my right ...

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