“ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. ”
Ruth 4. Ruth's Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story....
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Naomi took the child - This might do for Naomi, but it was bad for the child. A child, unless remarkably healthy and robu...
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth. The Birth of their Child 1. Boaz went up from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, wher...
Nurse. — The verb ( aman ) here is that used in Isaiah 49:23 , “and kings shall be thy nursing fathers.” That ordinarily used for the natural nursing of a woman is different.
THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1-22 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the li...
in the Line of David's Ancestry Ruth 4:1-22 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate...
The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, whic...
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. (17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he...
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom ,.... As a token of her most tender love and affection for it; this it is probable she did quickly after the birth of it: and became a nurse unto...
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Ver. 16. And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom. ] Next her heart, to show her great love and tender affec...
THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At...
The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. B. C. 1312. 13 So Boaz took Ru...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi,” and they called his name Obed. He...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:11 . We are witnesses . The business settled without lawyers or legal casuistry ( A. Clarke ). The Lord make . The birth of children looked upon as a direct...
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 t...
Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29 ; Genesis 19 . Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz to...
EXPOSITION Ruth 4:1 And Boaz went up, to the gate, and sat there. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1 ; Ruth 3:6 ). "And sat there," on one...
The Happy Marriage of Boaz and Ruth