14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; …
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: …
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-22)Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Ruth 4:13), all the city, no doubt, congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely for her virtues. We have reason to think that Orpah, who returned from Naomi to her people and her gods, was never half so well preferred as Ruth was. He that forsakes all for Christ shall find more…
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