² The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon^[a] and Chilion;^[b] they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.^(A)

² Now here is our kinsman Boaz, with whose young women you have been working. See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.^(A)

¹² But now, though it is true that I am a near kinsman, there is another kinsman more closely related than I.^(A)

²¹ Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,