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Verse Ruth 2:3. _AND HER HAP WAS_] So she was _accidentally_ or
_providentially_ led to that part of the cultivated country which
belonged to Boaz....
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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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GLEANED. Compare Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus
23:22.Deuteronomy 24:19.
HAP. From Anglo-Saxon, good
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_her hap … Boaz_ The word for _hap_occurs in 1 Samuel 6:9 (-a
chance"), 1 Samuel 20:26. Throughout the story the writer intends us
to share his strong belief in Providence, over-ruling unpremeditated...
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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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_AND SHE WENT, AND CAME, AND GLEANED IN THE FIELD AFTER THE REAPERS:
AND HER HAP WAS TO LIGHT ON A PART OF THE FIELD BELONGING UNTO BOAZ,
WHO WAS OF THE KINDRED OF ELIMELECH._
A part of the field bel...
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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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HER HAP WAS TO LIGHT ON. — Literally, _her hap happened._ A chance
in outward seeming, yet a clear shaping of her course by unseen hands.
Her steps were divinely guided to a certain field, that God’s...
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וַ תֵּ֤לֶךְ וַ תָּבֹוא֙ וַ תְּלַקֵּ֣ט
בַּ
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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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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Are not these reapers simi...
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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 SHE WENT, AND CAME,.... That is, she went out of the house where
she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though,
according to the Midrash p, she marked the ways as she went, before...
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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz,
who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.
Ver. 3. _And she went...
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_Her hap was_, &c. It was a chance in appearance, and in reference to
second causes, but ordered by God's providence. God wisely orders
small events, even those that seem altogether contingent. Many a...
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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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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers,
gathering up the ears that fell aside when the harvesters bound up the
sheaves; AND HER HAP WAS, it was a providential happening for...
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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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HAP:
_ Heb._ hap happened
BOAZ:
Called Matthew 1:5 Booz...
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1-3 Observe Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she
cheerfully stoops to her lot. High spirits will rather starve than
stoop; not so Ruth. Nay, it is her own proposal. She speaks humb...
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HER HAP WAS; for it was indeed a chance in reference to second causes,
but ordered and designed by God's providence....
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Ruth 2:3 left H3212 (H8799) went H935 (H8799) gleaned H3950 (H8762)
field H7704 after H310 reapers...
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‘ And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers,
and her chance was to light on the portion of the field belonging to
Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.'
Leaving the town to...
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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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_Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz._
GLEANINGS IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ
1. I learn, first, from this subject, how trouble develops character.
2. Again, I see in my text th...
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_Let me now go to the field, and glean._
THE YOUNG TO WORK FOR THEIR PARENTS
Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. She
wished her honoured mother to enjoy the rest and eas...
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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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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:3 From a human point of view, Ruth just HAPPENED
to be in the right place. But in fact she was there through God’s
mysterious providence.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—AND NAOMI HAD A KINSMAN. According to
Rabinical tradition, which is not well established however, Boaz was a
nephew of Elimelech (_Keil_). Lyra saith Elimelech and Salmo...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 2 Kings 8:5; 2
Thessalonians 3:12;...
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Her hap — It was a chance in reference to second causes, but ordered
by God's providence. God wisely orders small events, even those that
seem altogether contingent. Many a great affair is brought abo...