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CHAPTER 4 THE REDEMPTION AND MARRIAGE
_ 1. The other kinsman (Ruth 4:1)_
2. His refusal (Ruth 4:6)
3. Boaz's redemption (Ruth 4:9)
4. The marriage (R
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RUTH 4. RUTH'S MARRIAGE.
Ruth 4:1. Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual
name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need
for bringing into the story.
Ruth 4:2...
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_better to thee than seven sons_ Ruth has proved it by her piety
towards the dead and the living. _Seven_is a round number, cf. 1
Samuel 1:8....
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_Ruth Bares a Song of Solomon 4:13-16_
13 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.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Ble...
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_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH. THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD
1. Boaz WENT UP from the threshing floor to the open space by the
city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done,
where, to...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 4
V1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and he sat down there. Then the
other *redeemer...
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A NOURISHER. — (See marginal renderings).
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. — The position of the nominative is emphatic.
LOVETH. — The verb is a perfect, _which hath ever loved thee.
_...
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וְ הָ֤יָה לָךְ֙ לְ מֵשִׁ֣יב נֶ֔פֶשׁ וּ
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THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE
Ruth 4:1
A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history
which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of
Judges. With all the literary sk...
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IN THE LINE OF DAVID'S ANCESTRY
Ruth 4:1
We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's
memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done
publicly in the Gate, the pla...
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The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this
story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced
that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, which...
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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 (i) seven sons, hath born him.
(i) Meani...
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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. (15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, a...
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FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
W. Kelly.
That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is
actually found must have been felt by the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there
was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in
the o...
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AND HE SHALL BE UNTO THEE A RESTORER OF THY LIFE,.... Of the joys,
pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through
the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which she...
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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.
Ver. 15. _And...
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_A restorer of thy life_ Of the comfort of thy life, such a comfort as
to make thee, in some sort, young again. For they hoped the child
would inherit his mother's virtues, and particularly her affect...
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1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman.
6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel.
9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance.
11 He marrieth Ruth.
13 She beareth Obed the grandfath...
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And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, to refresh and cheer
up her soul, AND A NOURISHER OF THINE OLD AGE, by taking care of her
in her declining years; FOR THY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WHICH LOVET...
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THE HAPPY MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH...
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THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ
(vv. 1-12)
The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of
judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came
by(v. 1).At the...
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A NOURISHER:
_ Heb._ to nourish
THINE OLD AGE:
_ Heb._ thy gray hairs...
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13-22 Ruth bore a son, through whom thousands and myriads were born
to God; and in being the lineal ancestor of Christ, she was
instrumental in the happiness of all that shall be saved by him; even
o...
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A RESTORER OF THY LIFE, i.e. of the comfort of thy life, which was in
a great measure dead and gone. HATH BORN HIM, to wit, a son; the
pronoun for the noun understood, which is frequent in the Hebrew...
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Ruth 4:15 restorer H7725 (H8688) life H5315 nourisher H3557 (H8771)
age H7872 daughter-in-law H3618 loves H157 ...
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“ And he will be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your
old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you
than seven sons, has borne him.”
And they assured Naomi that...
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RUTH 1-4
The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a
glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field,
in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than...
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CONTENTS: Ruth finds reward in her marriage to Boaz.
CHARACTERS: God, Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, kinsman, Obed.
CONCLUSION: Fair and square dealings in all matters of contract and
business is what all those...
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Ruth 4:1. _The gate:_ the place of justice. Job 29; Genesis 19. Ten
men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee.
Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:13 Conclusion: Naomi Blessed with a New Family.
The conclusion serves as the reversal of the introduction. The Lord,
through Ruth’s love, restores Naomi’s life....
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 4:15 Naomi had complained that the Lord had
“brought me back empty” (Ruth 1:21). But now, he will be a
RESTORER OF LIFE for her. who loves you
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 4:11. WE ARE WITNESSES. The business settled without lawyers or
legal casuistry (_A. Clarke_). THE LORD MAKE. The birth of children
looked upon as a direct interfe...
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EXPOSITION
RUTH 4:1
AND BOAZ WENT UP, TO THE GATE, AND SAT THERE. He "went up," for the
city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; Ruth
3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones,...
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So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down
there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and
he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he tu...
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1 Samuel 1:8; Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Isaiah 46:4; Proverbs
18:24
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Thy life — That is, of the comfort of thy life. Born him — Or,
hath born to him; that is, to thy kinsman a son. Better than seven
sons — See how God sometimes makes up the want of those relations
from...