After a closer relative of Elimelech declined to help Naomi, Boaz took Ruth as his wife. Their son Obed was viewed as Naomi’s offspring and the legal heir of Elimelech. ​ — Ruth 2: 19, 20; 4: 1, 6, 9, 13 - 16.
आपण नाबालप्रमाणे निष्ठुर व स्वार्थी कधीही होऊ नये तर बवाजच्या दयाळुपणाचे व निःस्वार्थ प्रवृत्तीचे अनुकरण केले पाहिजे.