1 Boaz went to the town gate and sat. A close family man came by. Boaz said, “Friend, please sit.” ️ 2 Boaz asked ten old men of the town to sit too. They sat with him. 3 Boaz said, “Naomi will sell the land of our family.” ️ 4 Boaz said, “You can buy it first. If you say no, I can buy it.” The man said, “I will buy it.” 5 Boaz said, “If you buy the land, you also must marry Ruth, the widow. You must keep the family name.” 6 The man said, “I cannot do it. It will hurt my own land. You buy it.” ♂️➡️ Boaz 7 In that time, a man took off his sandal to show a promise. That was the way to seal a buy. ✋ 8 So the man said, “You buy it,” and took off his sandal. ➡️Boaz 9 Boaz said to all the people and the old men, “All of you see this. I buy the land from Naomi.” ️ 10 Boaz said, “I will marry Ruth, the wife of Mahlon. We will keep the family name.” 11 All the people and the old men said, “We see it. May God bless you. May Ruth be like Rachel and Leah. May your home be strong in Bethlehem.” 12 “May your kids be many, like the family of Perez, the son of Tamar. May God give you a child.” 13 Boaz married Ruth. God let her have a baby boy. ➡️ 14 The women said to Naomi, “Thank you, God! God gave you a helper today. May the boy be known.” 15 “He will help you when you are old. Ruth loves you. She is better than seven sons. She had this boy.” ❤️ 16 Naomi held the baby and cared for him. 17 The neighbor women said, “Naomi has a boy!” They named him Obed. He is the dad of Jesse. Jesse is the dad of David. ️➡️➡️ 18 Here is the family of Perez: Perez had Hezron. 19 Hezron had Ram. Ram had Amminadab. 20 Amminadab had Nahshon. Nahshon had Salmon. 21 Salmon had Boaz. Boaz had Obed. 22 Obed had Jesse. Jesse had David.