Ruth 2:1

Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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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

2Ruth, the Moabite woman, said to Naomi, “Now let me go and glean what remains among the ears of grain in the fields. I will follow anyone in whose eyes I will find favor.” So Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

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Cross References

Judges 12:8After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem served as a judge over Israel.

Ruth 3:2Now Boaz, the man whose young female workers you have been with, is he not our kinsman? Look, he will be winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

Ruth 4:21Salmon became the father of Boaz, Boaz became the father of Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:10Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, a leader among Judah's descendants.

Job 31:25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, 1 because my hand had gotten many possessions, 1 then bring charges against me! 1

Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon.

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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