RUTH—NOTE ON Ruth 4:3 Redemption is referred to here in terms of buying and selling (vv. Ruth 4:4, Ruth 4:5, Ruth 4:8, Ruth 4:9, Ruth 4:10; Psalms 74:2; Jeremiah 32:7). When the “redeemer nearer” learns that Ruth 1:1 will become his wife as part of the transaction, he changes his mind. Apparently he was concerned that any son born to him and Ruth would share the inheritance already planned for his present children.

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