Ruth 4:4

And I thought to advertise thee ,.... To give him notice of it; or "I said" F7 ואני אמרתי "et ego dixi", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; he said in his heart and mind, purposing to do it; or he said it to Ruth, promising her that he would do it:

saying, buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people ; or before those that sat there, even the elders, as witnesses of the purchase:

if thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : for it was redeemable by a near kinsman according to the law, even when said to another, in Leviticus 25:25 ,

but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know ; what to do in this affair, whether to redeem it or not:

for there is none to redeem it besides thee, and I am after thee ; he was the first, and Boaz was the next near kinsman, to whom the right of redemption belonged:

and he said, I will redeem it : he chose to make the purchase, he liked the land, which he probably full well knew, and it might lie near his own, and make a good addition to it; and as the widow was determined, and under a necessity to sell, he might expect to have it at a cheap rate; all which might induce him at once to agree to be the purchaser.