OLD TESTAMENT

Ruth 3:12

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12

Now it is true that I am a near kinsman. However, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

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Verse 12. Than I. The Jews think that he was brother of Elimelech, while Booz was only his nephew. But they might be in the same degree; the other being only older. Calmet.

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