Ruth 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

before the inhabitants. in the presence of such as are seated here.

redeem. Hebrew. ga'al, to redeem by purchase. See Exodus 6:6, and Compare Rth 13:13.

thou. Hebrew text has "he". But. special various reading called Sevir (App-34), and some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou", which the Authorized Version seems to have followed.

Ruth 4:4

4 And I thoughta to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.