That she tarried a little in the house— Or rather, and hath not been but a moment in the house; 1:e. in the tent, which was pitched in the field for the refreshment of the reapers, and of such as were labouring in the field. This is Aben-Ezra's exposition of the word house, and it appears extremely natural.
Verse Ruth 2:7. _THAT SHE TARRIED A LITTLE IN THE HOUSE._] It seems as if the reapers were now resting in their _tent_, and that Ruth had just gone in with them to take her rest also....
THE HOUSE - The shed or booth where they took their meals, and were sheltered from the sun in the heat of the day (see Genesis 33:17)....
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...
FROM THE MORNING. all the morning....
_save that she tarried a little in the house_ lit. -her dwelling in the house is (but) short": not _the house_of Boaz, which is out of the question; possibly _her own house_, in which case the meaning...
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...
_AND SHE SAID, I PRAY YOU, LET ME GLEAN AND GATHER AFTER THE REAPERS AMONG THE SHEAVES: SO SHE CAME, AND HATH CONTINUED EVEN FROM THE MORNING UNTIL NOW, THAT SHE TARRIED A LITTLE IN THE HOUSE._ After...
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...
Ruth's good qualities appear at every turn: she was careful to ask leave; she worked steadily all through the long, weary day, not resting during its hottest hours. The last words of this verse are no...
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...
The steward gives a detailed account of Ruth. She is “the (rather “a”) Moabitish damsel,” she is a foreigner [as such she had a _special_ claim to the gleaning, Leviticus 19:9]. She is the daughter-in...
וַ תֹּ֗אמֶר אֲלַקֳטָה ־נָּא֙ וְ אָסַפְתִּ֣י ב
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...
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...
_Moment. Hebrew, "her tarrying in the house is but small, or till now, that she remains a little in the house." She entered the house with the reapers, during the excessive heat of the day, and to avo...
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: (7) And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather...
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 SAID,.... These are the words of the servant continued, who goes on with the account of Ruth, and her conduct, since she had been in the field: I PRAY YOU LET ME GLEAN, AND GATHER AFTER THE R...
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. Ver. 7....
_She said, I pray you_, &c. She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. _Till now_ She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labours. _T...
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...
and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves; so she came and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house, she had n...
IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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...
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...
SHE SAID, I PRAY YOU, LET ME GLEAN; she did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. HATH CONTINUED EVEN FROM THE MORNING UNTIL NOW; she is not retired though idleness, for she hath b...
Ruth 2:7 said H559 (H8799) glean H3950 (H8762) gather H622 (H8804) after H310 reapers H7114 ...
“ And she said, ‘Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the hous...
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...
_Then said Boaz unto his servant,_. .. _ Whose damsel is this?_ And the servant. .. said, It is the Moabitish damsel. THE WELCOME RECEPTION We can imagine many ways in which Boaz and Ruth might have...
GLEANERS Let me glean... and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. Ruth 2:7. There was a wonderful French painter called Millet. When he was a boy he was quite poor, his father being just what...
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. ⇐
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...
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...
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 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ephesians 5:21; Galati
I pray — She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. 'Till now — She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labours. The house — In the l...