Ruth 2:1

And Naomi had a friend an acquaintance of her husband, and the man was a mighty man of the kindred of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 to Naomi, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favor: and she said to her, Go, daughter.

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Cross References

Judges 12:8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Ruth 3:2And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

Ruth 4:21And Salmon begot Boaz; and Boaz begot Obed.

1 Chronicles 2:10And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the house of Judah.

Job 31:25And if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, 1 And if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures 1

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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