Ruth 2:1

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Moabitess said unto Naomi: 'Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour.' And she said unto her: 'Go, my daughter.'

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Cross References

Judges 12:8And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

Ruth 3:2And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

Ruth 4:21and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

1 Chronicles 2:10And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

Job 31:25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

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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