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Ruth 2:1

וּֽלְנָעֳמִי מידע לְאִישָׁהּ אִישׁ גִּבּוֹר חַיִל מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת אֱלִימֶלֶךְ וּשְׁמוֹ בֹּֽעַז ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַתֹּאמֶר רוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה אֶֽל ־ נָעֳמִי אֵֽלְכָה ־ נָּא הַשָּׂדֶה וַאֲלַקֳטָּה בַשִׁבֳּלִים אַחַר אֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָא ־ חֵן בְּעֵינָיו וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ לְכִי בִתִּֽי ׃

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Cross References

Judges 12:8וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אַֽחֲרָיו אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִבְצָן מִבֵּית לָֽחֶם ׃

Ruth 3:2וְעַתָּה הֲלֹא בֹעַז מֹֽדַעְתָּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הָיִית אֶת ־ נַעֲרוֹתָיו הִנֵּה ־ הוּא זֹרֶה אֶת ־ גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִים הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃

Ruth 4:21וְשַׂלְמוֹן הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ בֹּעַז וּבֹעַז הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ עוֹבֵֽד ׃

1 Chronicles 2:10וְרָם הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ עַמִּינָדָב וְעַמִּינָדָב הוֹלִיד אֶת ־ נַחְשׁוֹן נְשִׂיא בְּנֵי יְהוּדָֽה ׃

Job 31:25אִם ־ אֶשְׂמַח כִּי ־ רַב חֵילִי וְכִֽי ־ כַבִּיר מָצְאָה יָדִֽי ׃

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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