{Now} Naomi {had a relative of her husband}, {a prominent rich man} from the clan of Elimelech, [whose] name was Boaz.

And she said, 'Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came and remained from the morning up to now. {She is sitting for a little while in the house}."

Now Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek for you security that [things] may be good for you?

Now truly I [am] a redeemer, but there is also a redeemer [of a] closer relationship than me.

(Now this {was the custom in former times} in Israel concerning the kinsman-redemption and transfer of property: to confirm the matter, a man removed his sandal and gave [it] to his fellow countryman. This [was] the manner of attesting in Israel.)

Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,