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# if he will perform for you the duty of a kinsman
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Boaz is referring to the expectation that the closest male relative of Ruth's dead husband would marry her and help carry on his family name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# by the life of Yahweh
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"as surely as Yahweh lives." This was a common Hebrew vow.
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