On account of the words this day, Bertholet and Nowack take the near kinsman(go'el) as referring to the new-born son. It is true that the words which follow, -let his name be famous," apply to the child; but throughout the story the near kinsmanis Boaz. He has done all, and more than all, that could be expected of a go'el; he has redeemed the property, and now (this day) he has secured an heir for Naomi's family.
WITHOUT A KINSMAN - i. e. Boaz, not the infant Obed....
CHAPTER 4 THE REDEMPTION AND MARRIAGE _ 1. The other kinsman (Ruth 4:1)_ 2. His refusal (Ruth 4:6) 3. Boaz's redemption (Ruth 4:9) 4. The marriage (R
RUTH 4. RUTH'S MARRIAGE. Ruth 4:1. Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story. Ruth 4:2...
_Ruth Bares a Song of Solomon 4:13-16_ 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Ble...
_SO BOAZ TOOK RUTH, AND SHE WAS HIS WIFE: AND WHEN HE WENT IN UNTO HER, THE LORD GAVE HER CONCEPTION, AND SHE BARE A SON._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
4:14 redemption, (a-24) Or 'without a redeemer;' it refers to the son born, i.e. Obed....
THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH. THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD 1. Boaz WENT UP from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, where, to...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 4 V1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and he sat down there. Then the other *redeemer...
LEFT THEE WITHOUT. — Literally, _not allowed to cease to thee._ A KINSMAN. — That is, _the child_ (See next verse). The word _kinsman_ here is _Goel,_ a redeemer....
וַ תֹּאמַ֤רְנָה הַ נָּשִׁים֙ אֶֽל ־נָעֳמִ֔י ב
THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the literary sk...
IN THE LINE OF DAVID'S ANCESTRY Ruth 4:1 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate, the pla...
The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, which...
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that (h) his name may be famous in Israel. (h) He shall leave continual posterity....
_Successor. Hebrew, "redeemer, that his (Booz, or the Lord's) name," &c. (Calmet)_...
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. (15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, a...
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 THE WOMEN SAID UNTO NAOMI,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the ch...
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. Ver. 14. _And the women said unto Naomi._] This was a...
Ruth 4:14. "Kinsman." The kinsman here meant is the child now born, as appears by this and next verse, especially the last word of the next verse, and by the name they gave the child - Obed (verse 17)...
_The women said unto Naomi_ After Ruth's delivery. _Which hath not left thee without a kinsman_ The words may be rendered, _who hath not made_, or _suffered, thy kinsman to fail thee;_ that is, to ref...
1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman. 6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth Obed the grandfath...
And the women said unto Naomi, for she no longer was lonely and wanting in women interested in her as at first, when she returned from the land of Moab, poor and bereaved. BLESSED BE THE LORD, WHICH H...
THE HAPPY MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH...
THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At the...
LEFT THEE: _ Heb._ caused to cease unto thee KINSMAN: Or, redeemer...
13-22 Ruth bore a son, through whom thousands and myriads were born to God; and in being the lineal ancestor of Christ, she was instrumental in the happiness of all that shall be saved by him; even o...
WITHOUT A KINSMAN; which is understood, either, first, Of the son new born. Or rather, secondly, Of Boaz; for the name of _goel_, which is translated _kinsman_ or _redeemer_, is never, that I know of,...
Ruth 4:14 women H802 said H559 (H8799) Naomi H5281 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 left H7673 ...
‘ And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be YHWH, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel.” As a consequence of the birth of a son the women were able...
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 finds reward in her marriage to Boaz. CHARACTERS: God, Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, kinsman, Obed. CONCLUSION: Fair and square dealings in all matters of contract and business is what all those...
Ruth 4:1. _The gate:_ the place of justice. Job 29; Genesis 19. Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:13 Conclusion: Naomi Blessed with a New Family. The conclusion serves as the reversal of the introduction. The Lord, through Ruth’s love, restores Naomi’s life....
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:14 Calling the heir a REDEEMER indicates that he is the one in whom redemption is realized. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:11. WE ARE WITNESSES. The business settled without lawyers or legal casuistry (_A. Clarke_). THE LORD MAKE. The birth of children looked upon as a direct interfe...
EXPOSITION RUTH 4:1 AND BOAZ WENT UP, TO THE GATE, AND SAT THERE. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; Ruth 3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones,...
So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he tu...
1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Genesis 12:2;...
Which hath not, &c. — The words may be rendered, Which hath not made, or suffered thy kinsman to fail thee; that is, to refuse the performances of his duty to thee and thine, as the other kinsman did....