And what a precious revelation it was: • The go’el was someone who could buy a relative out of slavery. • The go’el had the right to defend a relative in court. • The go’el could marry the widow of a near relative and give her a future and a hope. Long before Boaz fell in love with the widow Ruth and became her go’el (her kinsman redeemer), long before Boaz had purchased the right to redeem her estate and take Ruth as his bride, Job understood that there was a Kinsman Redeemer who could buy him out