Ruth 2:4
And behold, Boaz has come from Beth-Lehem, and says to the reapers, “YHWH [is] with you”; and they say to him, “YHWH blesses you.”
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In Context
5And Boaz says to his young man who is set over the reapers, “Whose [is] this young person?”
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, that he commands his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of YHWH), to do righteousness and judgment, that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him.”
Numbers 6:24YHWH bless you and keep you;
Judges 6:12and the Messenger of YHWH appears to him and says to him, “YHWH [is] with you, O mighty man of valor.”
Ruth 4:11And all the people who [are] in the gate say—also the elderly, “Witnesses! YHWH makes the woman who is coming to your house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and you do virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the name in Beth-Lehem;
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader.
Psalms 129:7That has not filled the hand of a reaper, || And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:2-4
Ruth in the Field of Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.… Read the whole commentary →