Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ruth 1:4
Verse Ruth 1:4. And they took them wives] The Targum very properly observes, that they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to themselves strange women.
Verse Ruth 1:4. And they took them wives] The Targum very properly observes, that they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to themselves strange women.
Marriages of Israelites with women of Ammon or Moab are nowhere in the Law expressly forbidden, as were marriages with the women of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1. In the days of Nehemiah the special law Deut...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Story of Naomi: Orpah and Ruth _ 1. Naomi and her sorrows (Ruth 1:1)_ 2. The return (Ruth 1:6) 3. Orpah turning back, Ruth cleaving (Ruth 1:14) 4. Naomi and...
RUTH AND NAOMI. Bethlehem ceased for a time to be what its name signified a house of bread. Under stress of famine Elimelech, with his wife Naomi, left his Judæ an home, and went to sojourn in the lan...
TOOK THEM WIVES. Canaanitish wives forbidden (Deuteronomy 7:3, &c.), but not Moabitish wives; though. Moabite man might not enter the congregation of Jehovah. See note, Deuteronomy 23:3. ORPAH. Hind...
_took them wives_ The idiom is a late one, 2 Chronicles 11:21; Ezra 9:2; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 13:25 etc.; see Introd. p. xv. It is uncertain whether t
THEY TOOK THEM WIVES OF THE WOMEN OF MOAB— We must necessarily conclude from this, that these women had become proselytes to the Jewish religion; for otherwise it was not lawful for Jews to have marri...
Ruth Comes to Bethlehem Ruth 1:1-22 _Introduction to the Life and Times of Ruth 1:1-7_ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of...
_AND ELIMELECH NAOMI'S HUSBAND DIED; AND SHE WAS LEFT, AND HER TWO SONS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE EXILE AND THE RETURN OF NAOMI 1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours' journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). It was but a short distance from Moab, which...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. JESUS SAID, ‘THE SON OF MAN CAME TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO *REDEEM MANY PEOPLE’ (MATTHEW 20:28). (‘SON O...
THEY TOOK THEM WIVES. — This seems to have been after the father’s death. The fault of settling on a heathen soil begun by the father is carried on by the sons in marrying heathen women, for such we c...
וַ יִּשְׂא֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם נָשִׁים֙ מֹֽאֲבִיֹּ֔ות שֵׁ֤ם...
NAOMI'S BURDEN Ruth 1:1 LEAVING the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth we pass from vehement outdoor life, from tempest and trouble into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition of the gr...
BACK TO BETHLEHEM Ruth 1:1 It was a mistake for Elimelech and his family to have left Bethlehem; God would have sent them bread. The path became darker and darker. Mahlon means _Pining_ and Chilion _...
The Book of Ruth stands in striking contrast to the Book of Judges and yet is closely connected with it. In Judges the national outlook has been presented and so dark has it been as to create the impr...
And they took them wives of the (c) women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. (c) By this wonderful providence of God Rut...
Ruth was the wife of Mahalon; (chap. iv. 10,) and signifies one "well watered, (Menochius) or inebriated," &c. (Haydock) --- The sons of Noemi were excused by necessity in marrying idolaters, though t...
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. What miseries spring out of original transgression...
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...
_A HEBREW IDYLL_ ‘The name of the other Ruth.’ 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, i...
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...
AND THEY TOOK THEM WIVES OF THE WOMEN OF MOAB,.... Not before they were proselyted to the Jewish religion, as Aben Ezra thinks, and which seems plainly to be the case of Ruth; at least she was so afte...
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. Ver. 4. _And they took them wives of the women...
_They took them wives of the daughters of Moab_ Either these women were proselytes when they married them, which what is afterward recorded of Ruth (Rth 1:16) renders very probable, or they sinned in...
1 Elimelech driuen by famine into Moab, dieth there. 4 Mahlon and Chilion, hauing married wiues of Moab, die also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 disswadeth her two daughters in law from going with...
And they took them wives of the women of Moab, an act surely not in conformity with Deuteronomy 23:3, although the Moabites are not expressly mentioned Deuteronomy 7:3; THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS ORPAH A...
ELIMELECH WND NAOMI IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB...
DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF FAMINE (vv. 1-5) A famine was in the land of Israel. Why? Because the literal famine was to draw attention to the spiritual famine that came before it, a famine for hearing the...
1-5 Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And the removal ended in the wasting of his family. It is folly...
OF THE WOMEN OF MOAB; either these were proselytes when they married them, which may well be doubted, from RUTH 1:15, or they sinned in marrying them, as appears from Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 23:3...
Ruth 1:4 took H5375 (H8799) wives H802 women H802 Moab H4125 name H8034 one H259 Orpah H6204 name...
‘ And they took for themselves wives of the women of Moab, the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth, and they dwelt there about ten years.' But gradually the sons would grow up, a...
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...
CONTENTS: Naomi departs from Moab and returns with Ruth to Bethlehem. CHARACTERS: God, Naomi, Ruth, Orpah, Elimelech, Mahlon, Chilion. CONCLUSION: When we take God for our Father we must take His pe...
Ruth 1:1. _When the judges ruled,_ about a hundred years before the birth of David. Famines were mostly occasioned by want of rain. Ruth 1:2. _Ephrathites;_ not Ephraimites, but of Ephrath, the old na...
_They took them wives of the women of Moab._ SINFUL MARRIAGES The sin of these young men in marrying strange women is not expressly denounced as a sin in the story, although it is denounced in the Ta...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:1 Introduction: Naomi’s Family Dies. This brief introduction tells how Naomi lost her entire family. ⇐...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 1:4 MOABITE WIVES. While Israelites were strictly forbidden to marry Canaanites (Deuteronomy 7:1), there was no specific prohibition against their marrying Moabit
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 1:3. AND ELIMELECH … DIED. The conjunction seems to intimate shortly after his arrival. Certainly before the marriage of his sons. Josephus thinks, however, towar...
EXPOSITION RUTH 1:1 NOW IT CAME TO PASS. Or, more literally, "And it came to pass." The "And" is somewhat remarkable, standing at the commencement of the Book. But as it is also found at the commence...
Shall we turn now to the book of Ruth? As we were studying the book of Judges last week, we pointed out that at the end of chapter sixteen, the end of the story of Samson, you actually came to the end...
1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:2; Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 7:3; Matth
RUTH AND ORPAH Ruth 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have before us today the story of two characters which were alike in many particulars, and yet, so vitally different and distinct in others. 1. THE TWO...
Took wives — Either these were Proselytes when they married them, or they sinned in marrying them, and therefore were punished with short life, and want of issue....