Ruth 2:1

Then Naomis husband had a kinsman, one of great power of the familie of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 ye Moabitesse said vnto Naomi, I pray thee, Let mee goe to the fielde, and gather eares of corne after him, in whose sight I finde fauour. And she said vnto her, Goe my daughter.

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Cross References

Judges 12:8After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem iudged Israel,

Ruth 3:2Now also is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maides thou wast? beholde, he winoweth barly to night in the floore.

Ruth 4:21And Salmon begate Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:10And Ram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begate Nahshon prince of the children of Iudah,

Job 31:25If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

Luke 3:32The sonne of Iesse, the sonne of Obed, the sonne of Booz, the sonne of Salmon, the sonne of Naasson,

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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