Bible Commentary

The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 9. that ye may find rest ] Cf. Rth 3:1; Naomi had in her mind another home for them, i. e. a second marriage. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:9”

And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 8. to her mother’s house ] although Ruth’s father was alive, Rth 2:11; but the natural place for the female members of the family would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:8”

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 7. to return ] Strictly only appropriate to Naomi, cf. Rth 1:22 etc.; the author unconsciously reveals that he is writing from Palestine. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:7”

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. 6. the Lord had visited his people ] i. e. shewn a practical interest in; cf. Gen 1:24 f … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:6”

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Rth 1:5 Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them. Bereavement a blessing What a melancholy collapse it all had been! For those so dear to her, death; for herself, solitude–the woman was left … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:5”

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 4. took them wives ] The idiom is a late one, 2Ch 11:21, Ezr 9:2; Ezr 9:12, Neh 13:25 etc.; see Introd. p. xv. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:4”

And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Rth 1:3 Elimelech, Naomis husband died. The death of Elimelech He went first from Israel, the land of the living, and led them thence, and so he now goeth out of the world before them. I. Death is the end of all, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:3”

And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 2. Elimelech ] i. e. God, or my God, is king; an ancient name in S. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:2”

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. Ch. 1. Ruth’s Devotion: She Leaves Her Home and Follows Naomi to Judah … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 1:1”

In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. 25. there was no king in Israel ] Cf. Jdg 17:6 n. A suitable transition to the history of Samuel which relates the beginning of the monarchy. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 21:25”