Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, `Whose is this young person?'
And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
Ruth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.
Voices2
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,.... To direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and to pay them their wages when their work was done.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
His servant that was set over the reapers - This was a kind of steward or hind who had the under management of the estate.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk3
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
leads to
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches2
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
