Ruth 2:4
And, hinei, Boaz came from Beit-Lechem, and said unto the kotzerim, Hashem be with you. And they answered him, Yevarech'chah Adonoi ( Hashem bless thee).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the kotzerim, Whose na'arah is this?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall be shomer over the Derech Hashem, to do tzedakah and mishpat; that Hashem may bring upon Avraham that which He hath spoken [promised] of him.
Numbers 6:24Y'varekhekha Adonai v'yishmerekha ( Hashem bless thee, and keep thee); 1
Judges 6:12And the Malach Hashem appeared unto him, and said unto him, Hashem is with thee, thou Gibbor HeChayil.
Ruth 4:11And kol HaAm that were in the sha'ar, and the zekenim, said, We are edim. Hashem make the isha haba'ah (the woman coming), + 4:11 See Gn 3:15; Isa 7:14 into thine bais + 4:11 i.e. Bais Dovid like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the Bais Yisroel; and do thou worthily in Ephrat, and be famous in Beit-Lechem;
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma avi Beit-lechem, Chareph avi Beit-Gader.
Psalms 129:7With it the kotzer (reaper) filleth not his yad; 1 nor he that gathereth sheaves, his bosom. 1
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 →