Ruth 2:1

And Naomi had a relative of her husbandʼs, an ish gibbor chayil, of the mishpochah of Elimelech; and shmo was Boaz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 sadeh, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I shall find chen (grace, favor). And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

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Cross References

Judges 12:8And after him Ibtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Yisroel.

Ruth 3:2And now is not Boaz our relative, with whose ne'arot thou wast? Hinei, he winnoweth haseorim halailah in the threshing floor.

Ruth 4:21And Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Oved,

1 Chronicles 2:10And Ram fathered Amminadav; and Amminadav fathered Nachshon Nasi Bnei Yehudah;

Job 31:25If I rejoice because my wealth was rav (great), 1 and because mine yad had gotten much, 1

Luke 3:32Ben Yishai, ben Oved, ben Boaz, ben Salmon, ben Nachshon,

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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