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When Boaz explained that redeeming the land also involved acquiring Ruth to raise up the name of the dead, the nearer redeemer declined. He said he could not redeem it for himself, “lest I impair my own inheritance.” This is in Ruth 4:5–6.
5Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
6The near kinsman said, I can`t redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you; for I can`t redeem it.