Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. And ruth the moabitess said unto naomi, let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight i shall find favor. Naomi granted ruth permission, but that is about all we are told so far as the early verses of chapter 2 are concerned. Verse 2 and with all that background out of the way, with noami and ruth in bethlehem, with boaz as a kinsman of elimelech, ruth decides its time to get out of the house and help provide for herself and her motherinlaw. Ruth 2 bible commentary john gills exposition of the bible. Book of ruth summary harav ginsburghs english channel.
The remaining verses of chapter 1 focus upon naomis decision to return to. The author s spotlight is increasingly on ruth and boaz. So ruth the moabitess said to naomi, please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight i may find favor. The book of ruth is an oasis of fidelity in a time of israels idolatry, sin, and infidelity. In this chapter we have an account of ruths gleaning corn in the fields of boaz, a relation of naomi, ruth 2. Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. You may go along beside my female workers net bible. This book received its title in honor of the heroine of the story. As a relative he would qualify as a kinsman redeemer but more on that later we are also told that he was a man of great wealth which was a phrase meaning. David guzik commentary on ruth 2, where ruth meets boaz, works in his field and receives his protection and his provision. Her kindness to his kinsman elimelech was what impressed boaz.
There is scarcely any chapter in all the sacred history that stoops so low as this to take cognizance of so mean a person as ruth, a poor moabitish. A versebyverse study of chapter 2 of the book of ruth. Book of ruth bible study chapter 2 growing in grace. Ruth 2 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Ruth 2 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Between these two books comes the delightful story of ruth.
In this verse we are introduced to the main man in the book of ruth. The vessels alluded to were skin bottles, filled with waterand the bread was soaked in vinegar ruth 2. So lets just pause a while to examine this new character we are now introduced to. Providence directs ruth to glean in boazs field, ver.
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