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Verse Ruth 2:4. _BOAZ CAME FROM BETH-LEHEM_] This salutation between
Boaz and his reapers is worthy of particular regard; he said, יהוה
עמחם _Yehovah immachem_, "Jehovah be with you!" They said,
יברכ...
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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...
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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...
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THEY ANSWERED. This tells of. time of peace, prosperity, and quiet....
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_The Lord be with you_ Cf. Judges 6:12; Psalms 129:8. A religious
spirit governs the relations between employer and employed on this
estate....
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DISCOURSE: 280
BOAZ AND HIS REAPERS
Ruth 2:4. _And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless
thee._
EVERY season sugges...
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BOAZ CAME—AND SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, THE LORD BE WITH YOU— We are
authorised by the events of this history to conclude, that none of
them happened by chance, but by the immediate interposition of God....
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Ruth Meets Boaz Ruth 2:1-23
_Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz Ruth 2:1-7_
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband'S, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ru...
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_AND BEHOLD, BOAZ CAME FROM BETHLEHEM, AND SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, THE
LORD BE WITH YOU. AND THEY ANSWERED HIM, THE LORD BLESS THEE._
The Lord be with you. This pious salutation between the master and...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD BE WITH YOU. — There is a trace here of the good feeling
prevailing between Boaz and his servants. Though he has come to his
field to supervise the work, it is not in a fault-finding spirit,...
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וְ הִנֵּה ־בֹ֗עַז בָּ֚א מִ בֵּ֣ית
לֶ֔חֶם וַ
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GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS
Ruth 2:1
In great desolation of soul, Naomi had returned. She was no longer the
happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced
the depression of hom...
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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...
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_With you. This blessing the Church still adopts in her service.
(Worthington) --- It was customary to bless one another during
harvest, Psalm cxxviii. 5, 8. (Calmet) --- Booz did, as Cato advises,
Ne...
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And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
What a beautiful picture is here given of the simplicity of ancient...
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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...
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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...
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AND, BEHOLD, BOAZ CAME TO BETHLEHEM,.... Into the field, to see how
his workmen went on, and performed their service, and to encourage
them in it by his presence, and by his courteous language and
beh...
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And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Ver. 4. _And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem._] To look to his...
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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...
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And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, to oversee the harvesting, AND
SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, in a greeting which might be copied oftener,
THE LORD BE WITH YOU! AND THEY, as the laudable custom of the...
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IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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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...
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4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows
that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is
seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is im...
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They expressed and professed their piety, even in their civil
conversation and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed
of, and call it hypocrisy or vain ostentation thus to do....
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Ruth 2:4 Boaz H1162 came H935 (H8802) Bethlehem H1035 said H559
(H8799) reapers H7114 (H8802) LORD...
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‘ And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers,
“YHWH be with you.” And they answered him, “YHWH bless you.”
Being a good man Boaz came to see how the reaping was going, and
greeted...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with
you._
SALUTATION AND PRAYER
I. That it is a commendable thing for one to salute another when they
meet.
II. That masters are t...
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_Let me now go to the field, and glean._
THE YOUNG TO WORK FOR THEIR PARENTS
Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. She
wished her honoured mother to enjoy the rest and eas...
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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.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 2:4. AND BEHOLD BOAZ CAME. Not only to see the progress of the
work, but also to take part in the entertainment provided for his
labourers (_Wright_). THE LORD [_J...
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EXPOSITION
IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the
writer says:—
RUTH 2:1
AND NAOMI HAD, ON HER HUSBAND'S SIDE, A FRIEND. The C'tib reading
מְיֻדַּע (absolute מְיֻדָע) is mu...
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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...
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1 Timothy 6:2; 2 John 1:10; 2 John 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:16;...
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Said, &c — They expressed their piety, even in their civil
conversation, and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed
of....