Ruth 2:1

Now, Naomi, had an acquaintance of her husband’s, a man of great integrity, of the family of Elimelech,—whose name, was Boaz.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 the Moabitess said unto Naomi—Let me go, I pray thee, to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I may find favour. And she said to her—Go, my daughter.

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Cross References

Judges 12:8And there judged Israel, after him, Ibzan of Bethlehem.

Ruth 3:2Now, therefore, is not, Boaz, of our kindred, with whose maidens thou hast been? Lo! he is winnowing the barley threshing-floor, to-night!

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

1 Chronicles 2:10And, Ram, begat Amminadab,—and, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah.

Job 31:25If I rejoiced because great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;

Luke 3:32of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz,—of Salmon, of Nashon:

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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