¹ And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband's, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name `is' Boaz.

²¹ and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

⁵ and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

¹² And now, surely, true, that I `am' a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.

² and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah;

¹¹ and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

¹² and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

³² the `son' of David, the `son' of Jesse, the `son' of Obed, the `son' of Booz, the `son' of Salmon, the `son' of Nahshon,

²⁵ If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

³ and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

² And the name of the man `is' Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

⁸ And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,

⁹ and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

¹⁰ And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.

¹⁷ and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

¹⁸ `And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it `is' who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as `at' this day.