Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 4:21

And Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,

Salmon begat Boaz – Matthew has preserved the additional interesting information that the mother of Boaz was Rahab Josh. 2; 6. It is possible that the circumstance that the mother of Boaz was a Canaanite may have made him less indisposed to marry Ruth the Moabitess. As regards the whole genealogy in Rth 4:18-22, it should be remarked that it occurs four times in Scripture, namely, here, 1Ch 2:10-12; Mat 1:3-6; and Luk 3:32-33, and is of course of singular importance as being the genealogy of our Lord. One or two difficulties in it still remain unsolved.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. And Salmon begat Boaz] The Targum goes on, “And Salmon begat Absan the judge; he is Boaz the Just, on account of whose righteousness the people of the house of Israel were redeemed from the hands of their enemies; and at whose supplication the famine departed from the land of Israel.”

And Boaz begat Obed] “Who served the Lord in this world with a perfect heart.”

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

And Salmon begat Boaz,…. Of Rahab the harlot, whom he married, Mt 1:5 the very same person that makes a principal part of this book, and whom the Targum here takes to be the judge Ibzan,

[See comments on Ru 1:1].

and Boaz begat Obed; of Ruth; of whom see the preceding verses.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

21. Salmon begat Boaz Matthew reads, Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab. It is not absolutely certain that this Rachab is the same as the Rahab who entertained the spies at Jericho, (Jos 2:1; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25,) but such is the ancient tradition and common belief; and, if true, it is very clear that one or more names have been omitted between Salmon and Boaz, who must have lived some two hundred or more years apart. That such omissions were sometimes intentionally made, a comparison of Ezra’s genealogy, as given in Ezr 7:1-5, with the fuller table of 1Ch 6:3-15, will abundantly show. The same may be seen in Matthew’s genealogy of Christ, (see notes on Mat 1:17,) where, with a manifest effort to make the register bear the appearance of a symmetrical whole, and with noticeable respect for the sacred symbolism of numbers, he groups all the named from Abraham to Christ under three heads of fourteen generations each, though, as his own list shows, he has omitted several named, which may be supplied from the Old Testament tables.

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

Rth 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

Ver. 21. And Salmon begat Boaz. ] Whom the Chaldee calleth that just man, by whose prayers the land was freed of the famine.

And Boaz begat Obed, ] i.e., Obedient. The Prince of Wales’a word is Ich Dien, I serve.

Laus Deo

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