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So I thought to uncover this matter in your hearing, saying, ‘Acquire it before those who are sitting here and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if no one redeems it, tell me that I may know; for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am after you.'" And he said, "I will redeem it."

So the kinsman redeemer said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it."

So the kinsman redeemer said to Boaz, "Acquire this for yourself." And he removed his sandal.

And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance, so that the name of the one who had died will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birth place; you are witnesses today."

And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel, and so you shall achieve excellence in Ephrathah and shall proclaim your name in Bethlehem.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And Yahweh granted her conception, and she gave birth to a son.

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And so it would happen year after year, as often as she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

And she said, "Let your servant-woman find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish His word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

So I have also dedicated him to Yahweh; as long as he lives, he is dedicated to Yahweh." So he worshiped Yahweh there.

Do not multiply speaking so very proudly;Let arrogance not come out of your mouth;For Yahweh is a God of knowledge,And with Him actions are weighed.

So he said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?

Behold, the days are coming, and I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will be put to death in the prime of life.

And it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"

Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; go back, lie down." So he went and lay down.

Then Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son; go back, lie down."

So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy.