Ruth 2:5

“Whose girl is this?” Boaz asked his servant who had charge of the reapers.

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In The King James Version

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

In Context

4When Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you,” they answered him, “May the Lord bless you.”

6The servant who had charge of the reapers replied, “It is the Moabite girl who came back with Naomi from the territory of Moab.

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Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:5-17

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. ( b. c. 1312.) 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and… Read the whole commentary →

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