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All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Israel, by a numerous posterity.—That she. Hebrew “mayst thou acquire riches,” and so forth Calmet.—Prot. “do thou (Booz) worthily in,” and so forth Bible.—Ephrata: another name of Bethlehem. Challoner.
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