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# if he will perform for you the duty of a kinsman
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"if he will redeem you" or "if he will marry you." A dead man's closest male relative was expected to marry the widow, and their first son would have the dead man's family name.
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# by the life of Yahweh
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"as surely as Yahweh lives." Boaz used this vow to assure Ruth that he would keep his promise.
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