Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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Gill's Exposition
Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife,.... Which was the condition on which the purchase of the land was, that whoever bought that should take her for his…
Boaz now sees his way clear, and therefore delays not to perform his promise made to Ruth that he would do the kinsman's part, but in the gate of the city, before the elders and all the people,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Moreover Ruth … have I purchased do I buy, the same word and tense as in Rth 4:4. This was an additional and voluntary feature of the transaction, due to the goodwill of Boaz, and as such receives the…
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