Genesis 38:8
A.M. 2282. B.C. 1722.Le 18:16; Nu 36:8,9; De 25:5-10; Ru 1:11; 4:5-11; Mt 22:23-27Deuteronomy 25:5-10
brethren.Mt 22:24; Mr 12:19; Lu 20:28husband's brother. or, next kinsman.Ge 38:8,9; Ru 1:12,13; 3:9; 4:5 the first-born.Ge 28:8-10that his name.9:14; 29:20; Ru 4:10-12; Ps 9:5; 109:13brother's wife. or, next kinsman's wife. go up.21:19; Ru 4:1-7 7 I like not.Ru 4:6 loose his shoe.Pulling off the shoe seems to express his being degraded to the situation of slaves, who generally went barefoot; and spitting in or rather before, (biphney) his face, was a mark of the utmost ignominy. Ru 4:7,8; Isa 20:2; Mr 1:7; Joh 1:27spit.Nu 12:14; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mt 26:67; 27:30; Mr 10:34So shall.Ge 38:8-10; Ru 4:10,11; 1Sa 2:30 10Ruth 4:5
What day.Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many MSS. since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders. to raise up.3:12,13; Ge 38:8; De 25:5,6; Mt 22:24; Lu 20:28
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