Stay this night, and in the morning, if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, good. Let him do the kinsman’s duty. But if he will not do the duty of a kinsman for you, then I will do the duty of a kinsman for you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until the morning.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Well. Hebrew tob. Bible.—Hence the Jews would translate, “If Tob will redeem thee, let him.” They say that Tob was the paternal uncle of Mahalon: but it is not probable that his proper name should be only here mentioned, and not Calmet. 4. The Septuagint and Chaldee are conformable to the Vulg. and the opinion of the Jews is abandoned by most interpreters; ( Calmet.) and by the Prot. “well, let him do the kinsman’s part.” Bible.—Liveth. Chal. “Bound by an oath, before the Lord, I say that I will fulfil my promise unto thee.”