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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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_blessed be he_ Naomi invokes a blessing on the benefactor before she
knows who he is; the author delights in such dramatic fitness, cf.
Ruth 2:12; Ruth 3:11....
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_Ruth Returns to Naomi Ruth 2:17-23_
17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up, and went into the city: a...
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_AND SHE TOOK IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER IN LAW SAW
WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED: AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO HER THAT SHE
HAD RESERVED AFTER SHE WAS SUFFICED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON...
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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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BLESSED BE HE THAT DID TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF THEE. — Naomi easily
perceives that the quantity of corn brought home is unusually large,
and that therefore some special kindness must have been shown Her own...
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וַ תֹּאמֶר֩ לָ֨הּ חֲמֹותָ֜הּ אֵיפֹ֨ה
לִקַּ֤טְתְּ...
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KINDNESS TO THE STRANGER
Ruth 2:14
From the time of the Exodus, kind and thoughtful references are made
to the strangers within the gates, Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy
10:19. These injunctions found...
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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 her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today?
and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of
thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought...
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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 HER MOTHER IN LAW SAID UNTO HER, WHERE HAST THOU GLEANED
TODAY?.... In what part of the field of Bethlehem? or on whose land,
that she had gleaned so much? not that she suspected that she had got...
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And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day?
and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of
thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrough...
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_Where hast thou gleaned to-day?_ It is a good question to ask
ourselves in the evening, “Where have I gleaned to-day?” What
improvements have I made in grace or knowledge? What have I learned or
done...
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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 her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today,
and where wroughtest thou? This was a question of astonishment at the
large quantity brought home by Ruth, for gleaners usually got...
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THE PLEASURE OF NAOMI...
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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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17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of
gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by
her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take car...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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‘ And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned
today? And where have you wrought? Blessed be he who took notice of
you.” And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought,
and s...
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Ruth 2:19
I. There are some whose only chance of gaining knowledge is by
gleaning. Their education has been neglected, and their time for
reading is limited. To such let me say: (1) Glean where the co...
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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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_Where hast thou gleaned to-day?_
WHERE HAST THOU GLEANED TO-DAY?
I. the sphere: life’s opportunities.
1. The law of labour is the law of life. In this world but little can
be accomplished without...
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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.—Her mother-IN-LAW SAW. With
astonishment at the quantity evidently. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH. And she
showed (_Vulgate, Syr.-Arab., Wright, Lange_). Brought forth out of a...
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EXPOSITION
RUTH 2:18
AND SHE LIFTED IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
BEHELD WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED. SHE LIKEWISE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO
HER, WHAT SHE HAD LEFT OVER AFTER SHE WAS...
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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 Kings 7:21; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Psalms 41:1; Ruth 2:10...
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Where hast thou gleaned to — day? — It is a good question to ask
ourselves in the evening, "Where have I gleaned to — day?" What
improvements have I made in grace or knowledge? What have I learned or...