Ruth 2:4
And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and saide vnto the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they answered him, The Lord blesse thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then saide Boaz vnto his seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, Whose maide is this?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I knowe him that he will commande his sonnes and his houshold after him, that they keepe the way of the Lord, to doe righteousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham that he hath spoken vnto him.
Numbers 6:24The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee,
Judges 6:12Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.
Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders sayd, We are witnesses: the Lord make the wife that commeth into thine house, like Rahel and like Leah, which twaine did build the house of Israel: and that thou mayest doe worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem,
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Beth-lehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
Psalms 129:7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:
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 →