Ruth 3:12

וְעַתָּה כִּי אָמְנָם כִּי אם גֹאֵל אָנֹכִי וְגַם יֵשׁ גֹּאֵל קָרוֹב מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

In Context

11וְעַתָּה בִּתִּי אַל ־ תִּירְאִי כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ תֹּאמְרִי אֶֽעֱשֶׂה ־ לָּךְ כִּי יוֹדֵעַ כָּל ־ שַׁעַר עַמִּי כִּי אֵשֶׁת חַיִל אָֽתְּ ׃

13לִינִי ׀ הַלַּיְלָה וְהָיָה בַבֹּקֶר אִם ־ יִגְאָלֵךְ טוֹב יִגְאָל וְאִם ־ לֹא יַחְפֹּץ לְגָֽאֳלֵךְ וּגְאַלְתִּיךְ אָנֹכִי חַי ־ יְהוָה שִׁכְבִי עַד ־ הַבֹּֽקֶר ׃

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Cross References

Ruth 4:1וּבֹעַז עָלָה הַשַּׁעַר וַיֵּשֶׁב שָׁם וְהִנֵּה הַגֹּאֵל עֹבֵר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ־ בֹּעַז וַיֹּאמֶר סוּרָה שְׁבָה ־ פֹּה פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי וַיָּסַר וַיֵּשֵֽׁב ׃

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:7-14

Ruth's Reception by Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread… Read the whole commentary →

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