'Nearer' in the Bible

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

At this, the nearer related redeemer replied, "Then I am unable to act as related redeemer, because that would complicate my own inheritance. You act instead as the related redeemer, because I cannot do so."

So when the nearer related redeemer told Boaz, "Make the purchase yourself," he then took off his sandal.