Ruth 2:1

But there was a man related to Elimelech, a powerful man, and very wealthy, named Boaz.

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In The King James Version

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

In Context

2And Ruth, the Moabite, said to her mother-in-law, “If you order, I will go into the field and gather the ears of grain which escape the reaping hand, wherever I will find favor with the father of a family, who will be compassionate to me.” She answered her, “Go, my daughter.”

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Cross References

Judges 12:8After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Ruth 3:2This Boaz, whose young women you joined in the field, is our near relative, and this night he will winnow the threshing floor of barley.

Ruth 4:21Salmon conceived Boaz, Boaz conceived Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:10Then Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon, a leader of the sons of Judah.

Job 31:25if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;

Luke 3:32who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Boaz, who was of Salmon, who was of Nahshon,

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:1

There is scarcely any chapter in all the sacred history that stoops so low as this to take cognizance of so mean a person as Ruth, a poor Moabitish widow, so mean an action as her gleaning corn in a neighbour's field, and the minute circumstances thereof. But all this was in order to her being grafted into the line of Christ and taken in among his ancestors, that she might be a figure of the espousals of the Gentile church to Christ, Isa. liv. 1 . This makes the story remarkable; and many of the passages of it are… Read the whole commentary →

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