11 And all the people who were [a]in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home (A)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve [b]wealth in Ephrathah and [c]become famous in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (B)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the [d]descendants whom the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And (C)the Lord [e]enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:11 Lit at the gate
  2. Ruth 4:11 Or power
  3. Ruth 4:11 Lit call the name in
  4. Ruth 4:12 Lit seed
  5. Ruth 4:13 Lit gave her conception

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