Ruth 2:6

The 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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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

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

7She asked to be allowed to glean and gather sheaves after the reapers. So she came and has continued to work until now and she has not rested a moment in the field.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:2Abraham said to the eldest of his household servants, who had charge of all his affairs, “Put your hand under my thigh,

Ruth 1:16But Ruth answered, “Do not urge me to leave you or to go back. I will go where you go, and I will stay wherever you stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God;

Ruth 1:22So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Matthew 24:45Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

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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