Scene 1: Boaz acquires the rights to redeem Naomi and Ruth (1-12)

• Usufruct: “The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.”

Scene 2: a son is born to Ruth and Boaz; Naomi is restored to life and fullness (13-17).

• Judah and Tamar (Gen. 38)

Scene 3: the line of David (18-22)