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Verse Ruth 2:5. _HIS SERVANT THAT WAS SET OVER THE REAPERS_] This was
a kind of steward or hind who had the under management of the estate.
Some think that an _officer_ of this kind is intended in the...
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CHAPTER 2 GLEANING IN THE FIELD
_ 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1)_
2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4)
3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18)
Boaz comes now upon the scene...
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THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. Naomi's kinsman quite a different word
from the near kinsman (goë l) of Ruth 2:20 is introduced in Heb.
words which sometimes denoted a wealthy man, and sometimes a valia...
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Ruth Meets Boaz Ruth 2:1-23
_Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz Ruth 2:1-7_
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband'S, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ru...
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_THEN SAID BOAZ UNTO HIS SERVANT THAT WAS SET OVER THE REAPERS, WHOSE
DAMSEL IS THIS?_
His servant that was set over the reapers - an overseer, whose special
duty was to superintend the operations in...
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2:5 servant (e-6) Or 'young man.' also ver. 6, as Judges 19:3 and 9....
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RUTH THE GLEANER
1. Boaz] ('quickness') was a kinsman of Elimelech's. We are not
informed of the precise degree of relationship. Here and at Ruth 3:2
he is designated an 'acquaintance.' It is by no me...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 2
V1 Elimelech had been Naomi’s husband. Boaz was a *relation of
Elimelech. Boaz was a...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְ נַעֲרֹ֔ו הַ
נִּצָּ֖ב
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GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS
Ruth 2:1
In great desolation of soul, Naomi had returned. She was no longer the
happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced
the depression of hom...
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The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life
faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the
fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the...
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_Man. Heb. nahar, a man in the prime of life. He had the care of all
in the field, during the absence of his master; whence Josephus styles
him agrocomos, or agronomos. (Menochius) --- Homer mentions...
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Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
The enquiry of Boaz so immediately concerning Ruth, may serve to teach
us how very early the eye of Jesus is upon 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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THEN SAID BOAZ UNTO HIS SERVANT THAT WAS SET OVER THE REAPERS,.... To
direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they
did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and to p...
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Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel [is] this?
Ver. 5. _Unto his servant that was set over the reapers._] His
_villicus,_ his bailiff, whose office was to see...
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1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz.
4 Boaz taking knowledge of her,
8 sheweth her great fauour.
18 That which she got, shee carieth to Naomi.
1 AND Naomi had a kinseman of her husbands, a might...
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Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, the
foreman of the harvesters, WHOSE DAMSEL IS THIS? Being familiar with
all the families in the entire neighborhood, he wanted to know t...
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IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH
(vv. 1-23)
Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth
who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was
a close relat...
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4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows
that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is
seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is im...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ruth 2:5 Boaz H1162 said H559 (H8799) servant H5288 charge H5324
(H8737) reapers H7114 (H8802) woman...
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‘ Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers,
“Whose damsel is this?”
As he looked out over his land he saw Ruth following his reapers, and
he turned to his overseer and asked who the...
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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 serves Boaz who exercises a great kindness toward her.
CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz.
CONCLUSION: God wisely orders small events and those that seem
altogether contingent serve H...
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Ruth 2:7. _Let me glean._ She modestly asked this as a favour, which
the law itself had allowed the poor.
Ruth 2:10. _She fell on her face,_ honouring Boaz as a prince and
venerable father.
Ruth 2:14...
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_Then said Boaz unto his servant,_. .. _ Whose damsel is this?_
And the servant. .. said, It is the Moabitish damsel.
THE WELCOME RECEPTION
We can imagine many ways in which Boaz and Ruth might have...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:1 Scene 2: Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field. This
encounter between Ruth and Boaz in the harvest field is one of their
two crucial meetings.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 2:4. AND BEHOLD BOAZ CAME. Not only to see the progress of the
work, but also to take part in the entertainment provided for his
labourers (_Wright_). THE LORD [_J...
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EXPOSITION
IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the
writer says:—
RUTH 2:1
AND NAOMI HAD, ON HER HUSBAND'S SIDE, A FRIEND. The C'tib reading
מְיֻדַּע (absolute מְיֻדָע) is mu...
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Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz (Ruth 2:1).
So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our
brother El...