Bethlehemite who marries Ruth and becomes ancestor of David.
22 appearances4 Bible books2 known aliases
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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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