Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ruth 2:18
Reserved — At dinner, after she had eaten and was sufficed, or satisfied.
Reserved — At dinner, after she had eaten and was sufficed, or satisfied.
Verse Ruth 2:18. _AND GAVE TO HER THAT SHE HAD RESERVED_] As Ruth had received a distinct portion at dinner-time, of which she had more than she could eat, Ruth 2:14; it appears she brought the rest h...
CHAPTER 2 GLEANING IN THE FIELD _ 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1)_ 2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4) 3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18) Boaz comes now upon the scene...
THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. Naomi's kinsman quite a different word from the near kinsman (goë l) of Ruth 2:20 is introduced in Heb. words which sometimes denoted a wealthy man, and sometimes a valia...
_her mother in law saw_ A slight change of pronunciation gives a more expressive sense: _she shewed her mother in law_....
_Ruth Returns to Naomi Ruth 2:17-23_ 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up, and went into the city: a...
_AND SHE TOOK IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER IN LAW SAW WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED: AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO HER THAT SHE HAD RESERVED AFTER SHE WAS SUFFICED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON...
RUTH THE GLEANER 1. Boaz] ('quickness') was a kinsman of Elimelech's. We are not informed of the precise degree of relationship. Here and at Ruth 3:2 he is designated an 'acquaintance.' It is by no me...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 2 V1 Elimelech had been Naomi’s husband. Boaz was a *relation of Elimelech. Boaz was a...
וַ תִּשָּׂא֙ וַ תָּבֹ֣וא הָ עִ֔יר וַ
KINDNESS TO THE STRANGER Ruth 2:14 From the time of the Exodus, kind and thoughtful references are made to the strangers within the gates, Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 10:19. These injunctions found...
The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the...
And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she [g brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. (g) That is, from...
And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. Believers love to spre...
FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. W. Kelly. That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is actually found must have been felt by the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the o...
AND SHE TOOK IT UP,.... The ephah of barley, into her arms, or on her shoulders: AND WENT INTO THE CITY; the city of Bethlehem; AND HER MOTHER IN LAW SAW WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED: she set it down before...
And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. Ver. 18. _And gave t...
_An ephah_ About a bushel of our measure. _Gave to her what she had reserved_ At dinner, after she had eaten, and _was sufficed _ Or satisfied. This shows Ruth's care of her mother-in-law, whom she ha...
1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz taking knowledge of her, 8 sheweth her great fauour. 18 That which she got, shee carieth to Naomi. 1 AND Naomi had a kinseman of her husbands, a might...
THE PLEASURE OF NAOMI...
And she took it up and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought forth, from a pocket or from a special package, AND GAVE TO HER THAT SHE HAD RESERVED AFTER S...
RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH (vv. 1-23) Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was a close relat...
17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take car...
Or, _that which she had left of her fulness_, or _after she was satisfied_. She did eat as much as she desired of what she had gleaned, and her mother, as I suppose, with her, and the residue she gave...
Ruth 2:18 up H5375 (H8799) went H935 (H8799) city H5892 mother-in-law H2545 saw H7200 (H8799) gleaned...
‘ And she took it up, and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and she brought forth and gave to her what she had left after she had had sufficient.' Ruth then returned...
RUTH 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than...
CONTENTS: Ruth serves Boaz who exercises a great kindness toward her. CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz. CONCLUSION: God wisely orders small events and those that seem altogether contingent serve H...
Ruth 2:7. _Let me glean._ She modestly asked this as a favour, which the law itself had allowed the poor. Ruth 2:10. _She fell on her face,_ honouring Boaz as a prince and venerable father. Ruth 2:14...
_She took it up, and went into the city._ CAREFUL OF THE FRUIT OF LABOUR It is no less necessary to be careful of the fruit of our labours than to labour with diligence. “In all labour there is profi...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:1 Scene 2: Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field. This encounter between Ruth and Boaz in the harvest field is one of their two crucial meetings. ⇐
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:17 Gleaning went from early morning (v. Ruth 2:7) to EVENING, that is, before sundown. After sundown was the time to BEAT OUT o
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Her mother-IN-LAW SAW. With astonishment at the quantity evidently. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH. And she showed (_Vulgate, Syr.-Arab., Wright, Lange_). Brought forth out of a...
EXPOSITION RUTH 2:18 AND SHE LIFTED IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW BEHELD WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED. SHE LIKEWISE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO HER, WHAT SHE HAD LEFT OVER AFTER SHE WAS...
Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz (Ruth 2:1). So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our brother El...
1 Timothy 5:4; John 6:12; John 6:13; Ruth 2:14...