7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one ^adrew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.

11 Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like ^cRachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,