Ruth 4:18

Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David

4:18 These are the descendants ¹  of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Ruth 3:17

3:17 She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ²  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” ³ 

[4:18]  ¹ tn Or “generations” (so KJV, NASB); NIV, NLT “family line.”

[3:17]  ² tc The MT (Kethib) lacks the preposition אֵלַי (’elay, “to me”) which is attested in the marginal reading (Qere).

[3:17]  ³ sn ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ In addition to being a further gesture of kindness on Boaz’s part, the gift of barley served as a token of his intention to fulfill his responsibility as family guardian. See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 225-26, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 187.