Ruth 2:1

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side whose name was Boaz. He was a rich and influential man from the family of Elimelech.

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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

2Soon after, Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the fields and pick up grain that's been left behind—if I can find someone who'll give me permission.” “Yes, go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

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Cross References

Judges 12:8After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.

Ruth 3:2Don't ignore the fact that Boaz, whose women you worked with, is closely related to us. Now tonight he will be busy winnowing grain on the threshing floor.

Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.

1 Chronicles 2:10Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah's descendants.

Job 31:25Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?

Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son 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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