Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
to the gate
Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the …
Deuteronomy 17:5 Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed …
Deuteronomy 21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him …
Deuteronomy 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his …
Job 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my …
Job 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my …
Amos 5:10-12 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks …
the kinsman
Ruth 3:12 And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is …
Ho, such
Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has …
Zechariah 2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, said the …
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
the elders
Exodus 18:21,22 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as …
Exodus 21:8 If she please not her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then …
Deuteronomy 29:10 You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains …
Deuteronomy 31:28 Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that …
1 Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal…
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Acts 6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, …
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
I thought. [heb] I said I will reveal in thine ear
Buy it.
Jeremiah 32:7-9,25 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you …
Romans 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the …
2 Corinthians 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but …
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are …
before the inhabitants
Genesis 23:18 To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, …
Jeremiah 32:10-12 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, …
for there is no
Leviticus 25:25-29 If your brother be waxen poor, and has sold away some of his possession, …
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
What day. Or rather, according to the emendations proposed Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many MSS. since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, `In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead.' etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders.
to raise up
Ruth 3:12,13 And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is …
Genesis 38:8 And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, …
Deuteronomy 25:5,6 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, …
Matthew 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his …
Luke 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother die, having …
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
I cannot The Targum seems to give the proper sense of this passage: `I cannot redeem it, because I have a wife already; and it is not fit for me to bring another into my house, lest brawling and contention arise in it; and lest I hurt my own inheritance. Do thou redeem it, for thou has no wife; which hinders me from redeeming it.'
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
a man plucked off. This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry a brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of inheritances: for this relative was not a brother, but simply a kinsman; and the shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the kinsman himself. The Targumist, instead of {his shoe}, renders `his right hand glove,' it probably being the custom, in his time, to give that instead of a shoe. Jarchi says, `When we purchase any thing new, it is customary to give, instead of a shoe, a handkerchief or veil.'
Deuteronomy 25:7-10 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his …
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
have I
Genesis 29:18,19,27 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Proverbs 18:22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife …
Proverbs 31:10,11 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies…
Hosea 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer …
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a …
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, …
the name
Deuteronomy 25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed …
Joshua 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear …
Psalm 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the …
Psalm 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the …
Isaiah 48:19 Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels …
Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that …
ye are witnessed
Isaiah 8:2,3 And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, …
Malachi 2:14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and …
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators …
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
the Lord
Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be …
Psalm 127:3-5 See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb …
Psalm 128:3-6 Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: …
Rachel
Genesis 29:32-35 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: …
Genesis 30:1-24 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied …
Genesis 35:16-20 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to …
Genesis 46:8-27 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into …
Numbers 26:1-65 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses …
build
Deuteronomy 25:9 Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the …
Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down …
do thou worthily. or, get thee riches, or power
Ephratah
Ruth 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, …
Genesis 35:16,19 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to …
Psalm 132:6 See, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands …
Matthew 2:6 And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the …
be famous [heb] proclaim thy name
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
the house
Genesis 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and …
Numbers 26:20-22 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family …
whom
Genesis 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his …
1 Chronicles 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the …
Matthew 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; …
of the seed
1 Samuel 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you …
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
A.M.
Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to you all that you require…
the Lord
Ruth 4:12 And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah…
Genesis 20:17,18 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, …
Genesis 21:1-3 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah …
Genesis 25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: …
Genesis 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but …
Genesis 30:2,22,23 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in …
Genesis 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and …
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which …
1 Samuel 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they …
Psalm 113:9 He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother …
Psalm 127:3 See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb …
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
the women
Luke 1:58 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great …
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
1 Corinthians 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or …
Blessed
Genesis 29:35 And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I …
Psalm 34:1-3 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually …
Psalm 103:1,2 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name…
1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ …
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is meet, …
which hath
Genesis 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has …
left thee [heb] caused to cease unto thee
kinsman, or, redeemer
that his
Ruth 4:21,22 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed…
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …
Isaiah 11:1-4 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a …
Matthew 1:5-20 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and …
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Jesse
1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing …
Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a …
David
1 Chronicles 2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
Matthew 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon …
Luke 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was …
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF RUTH
This book is evidently a supplement to the book of Judges, and an introduction to that of Samuel, between which it is placed with great propriety. In the ancient Jewish canon, it formed a part of the book of Judges; but the modern Jews make it one of the five Megiloth, which they place towards the end of the Old Testament. This book has been attributed to various authors; but the best founded and generally received opinion, and in which the Jews coincide, is that which ascribes it to the prophet Samuel; before whose time it could not have been written, as is evident from the genealogy recorded in ch.
Ruth 4:17-22 And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son …
