Ruth 3:1
_THEN NAOMI HER MOTHER IN LAW SAID UNTO HER, MY DAUGHTER, SHALL I NOT SEEK REST FOR THEE, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN NAOMI HER MOTHER IN LAW SAID UNTO HER, MY DAUGHTER, SHALL I NOT SEEK REST FOR THEE, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW IS NOT BOAZ OF OUR KINDRED, WITH WHOSE MAIDENS THOU WAST? BEHOLD, HE WINNOWETH BARLEY TO NIGHT IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR._ He winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. The winnowing process is performed by throwing up the grain, after being trodden down, against the wind with a shovel.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WASH THYSELF THEREFORE, AND ANOINT THEE, AND PUT THY RAIMENT UPON THEE, AND GET THEE DOWN TO THE FLOOR: BUT MAKE NOT THYSELF KNOWN UNTO THE MAN, UNTIL HE SHALL HAVE DONE EATING AND DRINKING._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN HE LIETH DOWN, THAT THOU SHALT MARK THE PLACE WHERE HE SHALL LIE, AND THOU SHALT GO IN, AND UNCOVER HIS FEET, AND LAY THEE DOWN; AND HE WILL TELL THEE WHAT THOU SHALT DO._ Go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down. Singular as these directions may appear to us, there was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID UNTO HER, ALL THAT THOU SAYEST UNTO ME I WILL DO._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU? AND SHE ANSWERED, I AM RUTH THINE HANDMAID: SPREAD THEREFORE THY SKIRT OVER THINE HANDMAID; FOR THOU ART A NEAR KINSMAN._ SPREAD THEREFORE THY SKIRT OVER THINE HANDMAID; BECAUSE THOU ART A NEAR KINSMAN. She had already drawn part of the mantle over her; and she asked him... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD, MY DAUGHTER: FOR THOU HAST SHEWED MORE KINDNESS IN THE LATTER END THAN AT THE BEGINNING, INASMUCH AS THOU FOLLOWEDST NOT YOUNG MEN, WHETHER POOR OR RICH._ Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter ... Continued widowhood was regarded by the Jews as an indic... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW, MY DAUGHTER, FEAR NOT; I WILL DO TO THEE ALL THAT THOU REQUIREST: FOR ALL THE CITY OF MY PEOPLE DOTH KNOW THAT THOU ART A VIRTUOUS WOMAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO HE SAID, BRING THE VAIL THAT THOU HAST UPON THEE, AND HOLD IT. AND WHEN SHE HELD IT, HE MEASURED SIX MEASURES OF BARLEY, AND LAID IT ON HER: AND SHE WENT INTO THE CITY._ Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee, and hold it, х_ HAMITPACHAT_ (H4304)]. Eastern veils are large sheets-those of lad... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN SHE CAME TO HER MOTHER IN LAW, SHE SAID, WHO ART THOU, MY DAUGHTER? AND SHE TOLD HER ALL THAT THE MAN HAD DONE TO HER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID, THESE SIX MEASURES OF BARLEY GAVE HE ME; FOR HE SAID TO ME, GO NOT EMPTY UNTO THY MOTHER IN LAW._ Six measures of barley - Hebrew, six seahs; a scab contained about two gallons and a half, six of which must have been rather a heavy load for a woman.... [ Continue Reading ]