THEOSISRuth 2:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מידע מוֹדַ֣ע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ruth 4:21Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
- Ruth 3:12Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
- Ruth 3:2This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
- Matt 1:5And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.
- Ruth 1:2He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.
- 1 Chr 2:10And Ram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda.
- 1 Chr 2:12And Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Isai.
- Deut 8:17Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.