Ruth 4

Ruth 4:1

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.

And those words of Samuel, which God had by him spoken concerning Eli, came to the notice of all Israel.

Ruth 4:6

I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance.

I cannot redeem it for myself, lest, if I should have one only son by Ruth, my inheritance should be utterly extinguished; since that son must be accounted as my deceased kinsman’s, and not mine.