²⁰ So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city^(A) and spoke to the men there.

²⁴ All the able-bodied men^[a](A) listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all the able-bodied men^[b] were circumcised.

Ruth and Boaz Marry

4 Boaz went to the gate of the town^(A) and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz called him by name and said, “Come^[a] over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.