Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 4:12

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

12. Perez ] is mentioned because he was one of the ancestors of the house of Judah, Gen 38:29, and, according to the genealogies, Boaz was his descendant, 1Ch 2:4; 1Ch 2:9-11.

the seed which the Lord shall give ] Cf. 1Sa 2:20.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 12. Like the house of Pharez] This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Like the house of Pharez; as honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though he also was born of a stranger, God so far blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the tribe of Judah belonged, and the progenitor of the inhabitants of this city.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

12. let thy house be like the houseof Pharezthat is, as honorable and numerous as his. He was theancestor of the Beth-lehem people, and his family one of the fivefrom which the tribe of Judah sprang.

Ru4:13-18. SHE BEARSOBED.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah,…. Of whose tribe the Bethlehemites were, and were also of the house or family of Pharez, as appears from Ru 4:18, c. who was born to Judah of Tamar, one of another nation, as Ruth was, and from whom sprung a very numerous family, one of the five families of Judah and they wish that the family of Boaz, by Ruth, might be as numerous; and if Boaz was the same with Ibzan, as the Jews say, though that wants proof, he had a very numerous offspring, thirty sons and thirty daughters, Jud 12:8

of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman; by which it is plain Ruth was present, for they do, as it were, point to her, and that she was a young woman, though a widow: the Jews say she was forty years of age, as observed in Ru 3:10 and the elders wish and pray he might have a numerous family of the children the Lord would give him by her; and this might be the rather expected of her, as being a young woman, yet only as the gift of God, as children are, Ps 127:3.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(12) Pharez.(See Gen. 38:29). Judah having, though unwittingly, fulfilled the Levirate obligation to the widow of his eldest son, the child thus born becomes the heir of that eldest son, and therefore the head of the house of Judah.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

12. Whom Tamar bare unto Judah See the history, as given in Genesis 38. There was a peculiar appropriateness in this allusion to Boaz’s ancient ancestors, for Tamar’s playing the harlot with Judah was not from lust on her part, but a forcing of him unawares to perform the part of a kinsman to her. His two sons Er and Onan had married her, and died leaving her childless. He then had promised her his younger son, but seems not to have kept his word, and therefore she took the bold step to be redeemed by Judah himself from the lonely estate and condition of a childless widow. Nor was Pharez, the offspring of that connexion, ever regarded as illegitimate, but he figures most honourably in the genealogy of David and the Messiah.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez, &c. Pharez, the son of Judah by Tamar, was the chief of the family of Elimelech, and of all the Beth-lehemites. Nothing, therefore, could be more natural than this blessing which the elders of the village give to Boaz and Ruth upon their marriage.

REFLECTIONS.No sooner has the nearest kinsman quitted his right, than Boaz puts in his claim, ready to pay the money for the land to Naomi, and purchase Ruth for his wife; and he calls upon them to witness the contract, and insert it in the public register. Note; Thus hath our God, our divine Redeemer, when we were poor and destitute, and none were either able or willing to purchase the inheritance which we by sin had so deeply mortgaged, yea, utterly forfeited, paid down the price, even at the expence of marring his own inheritance; having left the realms of bliss and glory for our sake, and then, espousing us to himself, has made us sharers of that glory, to which the Father, as the reward of his sufferings, hath exalted him. What love, what fidelity, constancy, and subjection, then do we owe to him!

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

Rth 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

Ver. 12. And let thy house be like the house of Pharez. ] That breach maker, as the midwife called him, because he would needs be born before his brother, and carried away the first birthright: and afterwards became happy in a numerous and honourable posterity, though he were basely begotten, and that in incest also. Gen 38:15 ; Gen 38:18 ; Gen 38:29 See Trapp on “ Mat 1:3 “ This prayer of the people for Boaz and Ruth God graciously heard and granted: for they: had children, and wealth, and honour: of them came many and mighty kings, yea, “Messiah the Prince,” “who is over all, God blessed for ever, Amen.” Rom 9:5

Of the seed which the Lord shall give thee. ] Children are called seed: as if the parents were but the husk only. Here I cannot but insert what I read in the Life of Luther, a that he being present at the marriage of Philip, duke of Pomerania, with Mary, daughter to the elector of Saxony, prayed heartily for a blessing thereupon; and taking Philip by the hand, said, The Lord God be with you, and keep your posterity from failing. But his wife continuing barren four years, all his male stock was like to be extinct. Yet at length, by God’s blessing, according to Luther’s prayer, he had seven sons by her, which wonderfully enlarged that noble family.

a Luth. Life, by Mr Clark.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Pharez. Compare Gen 38:29. Gen 38:1 Cbron. Rth 2:4. Mat 1:3.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

the house: Gen 46:12, Num 26:20-22

whom: Gen 38:29, 1Ch 2:4, Mat 1:3

of the seed: 1Sa 2:20

Reciprocal: Gen 24:60 – they Gen 48:19 – become Gen 48:20 – Israel bless Rth 4:13 – the Lord Zec 8:13 – ye shall Luk 3:33 – Phares

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Rth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez As honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though he also was born of a stranger, God so blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the tribe of Judah belonged, and the progenitor of the inhabitants of this city.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments