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 \v 11 Now, my dear, I will do everything that you ask. Do not be afraid, because all the people in this town know that you are an honorable woman.
 
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-\v 12 But there is one problem. Although it is true that I am a close relative of your mother's dead husband, there is another man who is an even closer relative than I am, and therefore he is really the one who is responsible for you.
+\v 12 But there is one problem. Although it is true that I am a close relative of yours, there is another man who is an even closer relative than I am, and therefore he is really the one who is responsible for you.
 \v 13 You stay here for the rest of the night. Tomorrow morning I will tell this man about you. If he says that he will take responsibility for you, fine, we will let him marry you. But if he is not willing to do that, I solemnly promise that as surely as Yahweh lives, I will marry you and take care of you. So stay here until it is morning."
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