Ruth 4 (résumé): Boaz marries Ruth

Boaz went into town and sought out the kinsman-redeemer who was a closer relative than him. He explained to him before 10 elder witnesses that Naomi was selling land that belonged to their brother Elimelech and that he was first in line to buy it. The man said he would buy it until he found out out that the land involved taking on the widow Ruth! With this information the man didn't want to know, so Boaz was left free to marry Ruth as her kinsman-redeemer and the deal was done and sealed by the removal of a sandal which was the cultural signal for closing a deal. So Boaz took Ruth as his wife, and they had a son called Obed who was the father of Jesse, the father of David.