Brick Ruth, Chapter 4

Posted on January 25, 2019August 30, 2022 by Janine Warrington

Frame one: a Lego figurine stands inside a black Lego gate with the text, "Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there."
Frame two: another Lego figurine approaches with the text, "When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, 'Come over here, my friend, and sit down.' So he went over and sat down."

Frame 1: The two figurines sit by the gate and talk with the text, "Then he said to the kinsman-redeemer, 'Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line."
Frame 2: The kinsman-redeemer stands and raises his arm, saying, "I will redeem it."

Frame 1: Boaz steps forward and takes Ruth's hand while the kinsman-redeemer watches in shock. The text reads, "Then Boaz said, 'on the day you buy the land from Naomi and from Ruth the Moabitess, you acquire the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.'"
Frame 2: Lego Boaz and Lego kinsman-redeemer shake hands with the text, "At this the kinsman-redeemer said, "Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it."

Frame 1: Lego Ruth and Lego Boaz hold hands with the text, "So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife."
Frame 2: Lego Ruth holds a baby made of two mini figurine head pieces, one of which has a smily face. The text reads, "Then he went to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son."

Lego Naomi holds the Lego baby while Ruth and Boaz stand on either side of her. The text reads, "Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap and cared for him. And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David."

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Inspired by Brendan Powell Smith’s work with the Brick Bible, my dad and I decided to use the Lego blocks we had at our disposal to create one of the stories that don’t appear in Smith’s work.

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