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11 And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be (A)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall [a]achieve [b]excellence in Ephrathah and shall [c]proclaim your name in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (B)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed which Yahweh will grant you by this young woman.”

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And (C)Yahweh granted her conception, and she gave birth to a son.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:11 Lit do
  2. Ruth 4:11 Or wealth, valor
  3. Ruth 4:11 Or have your name called out