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Boaz

Bethlehemite who marries Ruth and becomes ancestor of David.

kinsman redeemer4 Bible books6 chapters22 verse appearancesAlso known as: Booz

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Wealthy landowner in and relative of who notices gleaning in his fields and instructs his workers to leave extra grain for her. At the city gate he settles the redemption rights with a nearer kinsman who declines, then marries Ruth and redeems 's family land. Their son is the grandfather of , and Boaz appears in the genealogies of both and .

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