Ruth 3:13

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Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Well. Hebrew tob. (Haydock) Hence the Jews would translate, "If Tob will redeem thee, let him. "They say that Tob was the paternal uncle of MA halon: but it is not probable that his proper name should be only here mentioned, and not chap. iv. The Septuagint and Chaldean are conformable to the Vulgate and the opinion of the Jews is abandoned by most interpreters; (Calmet) and by the Protestants, "well, let him do the kinsman's part. "(Haydock) Liveth. Chaldean, "Bound by an oath, before the Lord, I say that I will fulfil my promise unto thee."

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