Ruth 2:4
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
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Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him so that he may instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham what he has said to him.”
Numbers 6:24“May Yahweh bless you and keep you.
Judges 6:12The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you strong warrior!”
Ruth 4:11All the people who were in the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built up the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
Psalms 129:7that cannot fill the reaper's hand 1 or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together. 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 →