Ruth 3:13 meaning and explanation

Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

Ruth 3:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Boaz is speaking to Ruth at the threshing floor, after she has asked him to spread his garment over her as a kinsman-redeemer. He agrees to act but tells her honestly that a closer relative has the first right to redeem her.

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