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Text -- Ruth 2:1-4 (NET)
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Ruth Works in the Field of Boaz
2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family named Boaz . He was a wealthy , prominent man from the clan of Elimelech .
2:2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi , “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied , “You may go , my daughter .”
2:3 So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters . Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz , who was from the clan of Elimelech .
Boaz and Ruth Meet
2:4 Now at that very moment , Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters , “May the Lord be with you!” They replied , “May the Lord bless you!”
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NET Notes: Rut 2:1 Heb “and [there was] to Naomi a relative, to her husband, a man mighty in substance, from the clan of Elimelech, and his name [was] Boaz.”
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NET Notes: Rut 2:2 Heb “she”; the referent (Naomi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rut 2:3 The text is written from Ruth’s limited perspective. As far as she was concerned, she randomly picked a spot in the field. But God was provident...
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