Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ruth 4:12
Verse Ruth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez] This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech.
Verse Ruth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez] This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech.
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...
PHAREZ. Compare Genesis 38:29; Genesis 38:1 Cbron. Ruth 2:4.Matthew 1:3....
_Perez_ is mentioned because he was one of the ancestors of the house of Judah, Genesis 38:29, and, according to the genealogies, Boaz was his descendant, 1 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Chronicles 2:9-11. the se...
LIKE THE HOUSE OF PHAREZ, &C.— _Pharez,_ the son of Judah by Tamar, was the chief of the family of Elimelech, and of all the Beth-lehemites. Nothing, therefore, could be more natural than this blessin...
_Boaz Marries Ruth 4:9-12_ 9And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech'S, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon'S, of...
_AND LET THY HOUSE BE LIKE THE HOUSE OF PHAREZ, WHOM TAMAR BARE UNTO JUDAH, OF THE SEED WHICH THE LORD SHALL GIVE THEE OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN._ Let thy house be like the house of Pharez - i:e., as honou...
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...
PHAREZ. — (See Genesis 38:29). Judah having, though unwittingly, fulfilled the Levirate obligation to the widow of his eldest son, the child thus born becomes the heir of that eldest son, and therefor...
וִ יהִ֤י בֵֽיתְךָ֙ כְּ בֵ֣ית פֶּ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר
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...
_Phares. His family was chief among the five, descended from Juda. (Menochius)_...
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra...
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 LET THY HOUSE BE LIKE THE HOUSE OF PHAREZ, WHOM TAMAR BARE UNTO JUDAH,.... Of whose tribe the Bethlehemites were, and were also of the house or family of Pharez, as appears from Ruth 4:18, c. who...
_And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman._ Ver. 12. _And let thy house be like the house of Pharez._]...
_Like the house of Pharez_ As honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though he also was born of a stranger, God so blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the trib...
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 let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar, the special ancestress of their own tribe, BARE UNTO JUDAH, OF THE SEED WHICH THE LORD SHALL GIVE THEE OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN. It speaks well of...
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...
9-12 Men are ready to seize opportunities for increasing their estates, but few know the value of godliness. Such are the wise men of this world, whom the Lord charges with folly. They attend not to...
LIKE THE HOUSE OF PHAREZ; as honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though he also was born of a stranger, God so far blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the t...
Ruth 4:12 house H1004 house H1004 Perez H6557 Tamar H8559 bore H3205 (H8804) Judah H3063 offspring H2233 LORD...
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 4:1 Scene 4: Boaz Arranges Redemption at the Gate. Both verb and noun forms of “redeem” occur throughout this scene (compare Ruth 2:20;...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:12 PEREZ. Ancestor of the preeminent Judean Perezite clan (Numbers 26:20) and of prominent leaders ...
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 Chronicles 2:4; 1 Samuel 2:20; Genesis 38:29; Genesis 46:12; Matt
Pharez — As honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though be also was born of a stranger, God so blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the tribe of Judah belonge...