King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 4 notes
1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4And I thought 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.
5Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Leaving without a name was terrible. So terrible 😰 the Lord provided an alternative for you — brothers who carry your genes — to raise up children and a generation for you, so your name remains.
It was not just expected, it was commanded of the Lord, and God actually killed someone for the sin of refusing to raise seed for his brother.
11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
12And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
What was there about the house of Pharez that attracted this blessing, and they being used as a worthy example?
So Pharez was the son of Judah, and Boaz was from the tribe of Judah.
So they were using their father Judah's son as reference for this blessing.
That just as Pharez was born to Judah, may this seed be as one born to Judah.
Blessed Pharez.
Maybe there is more to the house of Pharez which needs to be studied.
If my memory serves me right... Pharez was a twin who breached and came out before his brother.
And it seems from the blessing that Pharez became great and famous among his father's house 🏡. Thus that same blessing was invoked on Ruth's children.
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Jesse's grandfather was Boaz, a mighty man of wealth.
How come then that Jesse was not described in the same manner as his grandfather?
Indeed we are let in on the wealth of Jesse when David's elder brother chastises David for leaving the few sheep 🐑 to come see the battle.
1 Samuel 17:28 KJV
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
How come Jesse couldn't preserve wealth as Jacob did?
This is what I mean: Abraham was very rich, he handed his riches to Isaac, who multiplied it.
This wealth was handed over to Jacob, who also increased it, and out of him came national Israel.
But not so with Boaz's generation.
This serves as a good lesson for us to set up systems for wealth creation and to covenant with the Lord, for he is eternal and he is able to preserve that which we have committed to him when we are dead and gone.
Peace, strength, good health, purpose, new identity, forgiven, takes over our needs, takes away fear 😱, gives hope for the future
Under the laws of levirate marriage (yibbum), a man fathers his own legal children by continuing to live with the widow after the first son is born. While the first son is legally "raised up" to the deceased brother, any subsequent children are typically considered the biological and legal offspring of the living brother.
I got the above from Google, and this is what I make of it: could this be the reason why Jesse was not so rich a man, in that Obed inherited the property of his father, not that of Boaz? This is not stated in the Bible, just my conjecture.