Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ruth 4:17
Obed - i. e. serving, with allusion to the service of love and duty which he would render to his grandmother Naomi.
Obed - i. e. serving, with allusion to the service of love and duty which he would render to his grandmother Naomi.
Verse Ruth 4:17. _THE NEIGHBOURS GAVE IT A NAME_] That is, they recommended a name suitable to the circumstances of the case; and the parents and grandmother adopted it. _THEY CALLED HIS NAME 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...
_the women her neighbours_. Cf. Ruth 4:14 and Ruth 1:19. In St Luke 1:58 f., the neighbours and kinsfolk propose to name the child. _There is a son born to Naomi_ The child is popularly considered to...
THE WOMEN HER NEIGHBOURS GAVE IT A NAME— They advised Naomi to give the child such a name as was suitable to their foregoing discourse, and to the case of Naomi. See Luke 1:59. _Obed_ signifies a _ser...
_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...
_AND THE WOMEN HER NEIGHBOURS GAVE IT A NAME, SAYING, THERE IS A SON BORN TO NAOMI; AND THEY CALLED HIS NAME OBED: HE IS THE FATHER OF JESSE, THE FATHER OF DAVID._ Obed - means 'servant.'...
4:17 Obed. (b-23) Meaning, 'worshipper' or 'servant.'...
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...
The women are still to the front. As a rule the father or mother named the child. But it is the neighbours who here call him OBED, 'Servant,' anticipating that he would minister to all the wants of th...
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...
OBED. — _i.e.,_ a serving one. (18–22). This short genealogy, abruptly added, may be due to a later hand, it being thought necessary to connect David’s line fully with Judah....
וַ תִּקְרֶאנָה֩ לֹ֨ו הַ שְּׁכֵנֹ֥ות שֵׁם֙ לֵ
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...
_Obed; "serving," to comfort the old age of Noemi, (ver. 15,) who gave him this' name. (Serarius, q. 14,) at the suggestion of her neighbours. (Menochius)_...
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. (17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he...
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 HER NEIGHBOURS GAVE IT A NAME,.... Josephus says q Naomi gave it, by the advice of her neighbours; very probably on the eighth day when he was circumcised, and the neighbours were invite...
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ver. 17. _And the women her neighbo...
_Her neighbours gave it a name_ That is, gave her advice about his name; for it did not belong to them, but to the father or mother, to name the child. _They called his name Obed_ That is, _a servant_...
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...
THE HAPPY MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH...
And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed (servant), with reference to the fact that the boy would take care of her, as they had...
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...
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...
GAVE IT A NAME, i.e. they gave her advice about the name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so. OBED;_ a servant_, to wit, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which duty ch...
Ruth 4:17 women H7934 gave H7121 (H8799) name H8034 saying H559 (H8800) son H1121 born H3205 ...
‘ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi,” and they called his name Obed. He is...
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...
_And they called his name Obed._ LITTLE OBED No doubt there were circumstances connected with the birth of this child which surrounded it with a special interest. But take the birth of any child, and...
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 4:17 SON... TO NAOMI. Elimelech’s heir (v. Ruth 4:9). The Lord, through Ruth, also rewards Naomi (R
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...
Luke 1:58; Ruth 4:15...
A name — That is, they gave her advice about his name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so. Obed — A servant, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which duty childrren owe...