Ruth 3:17

Boaz gave me these barley seeds. He said, ‘You must take a present home for your mother-in-law.’”

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In The King James Version

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

In Context

16When Ruth got home, her mother-in-law said, “What happened Ruth?” So Ruth told Naomi everything that had happened. Ruth said, “I did everything you said, but Boaz told me that there is a closer relation who should look after me and marry me. And then Boaz promised me that he would talk to that man. He said, ‘If the other man does not want to marry you, I will marry you.’

18Then Naomi said, “We must wait and see what happens. Boaz will not stop until he has made everything right. He will talk to that man and see if he will marry you.”

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Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:15-18

Ruth Sent Back in Peace to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17… Read the whole commentary →

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