Ruth 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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  • Ruth 4:21 : 21 Salmon begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed,
  • Ruth 3:2 : 2 And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
  • Ruth 3:12 : 12 And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however there is a kinsman nearer than I.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 And Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
  • 1 Chr 2:10-12 : 10 And Ram fathered Amminadab; and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz, 12 And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse,
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
  • Judg 12:8-9 : 8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and brought in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
  • Ruth 1:2 : 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.
  • Luke 3:32 : 32 The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

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  • Ruth 2:2-8
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    2And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field and glean ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

    3So she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her chance was to happen upon a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

    4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you.

    5Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young woman is this?

    6And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish young woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

    7And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued even from the morning until now, except she rested a little in the house.

    8Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field or leave this place, but stay here close to my maidens.

  • Ruth 2:18-23
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    18Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.

    19And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? Blessed be he who took notice of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.

    20And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kinsmen.

    21And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.

    22And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they may not meet you in any other field.

    23So she stayed close by the maidens of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest and lived with her mother-in-law.

  • Ruth 1:1-9
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    1Now 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 in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.

    3And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

    4And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.

    5And Mahlon and Chilion both died; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

    6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, to return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

    7Therefore she went out from where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

    8And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.

    9The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voices and wept.

  • Ruth 4:1-6
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    1Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, 'Come over here, sit down.' So he turned aside and sat down.

    2And he took ten men from the elders of the city and said, 'Sit down here.' And they sat down.

    3Then he said to the kinsman, 'Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, is selling a piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

    4So I thought to inform you, saying, Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if not, tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one to redeem it besides you, and I come after you.' And he said, 'I will redeem it.'

    5Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.'

    6The kinsman replied, 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.'

  • Ruth 1:21-22
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    21I went out full, and the LORD has brought me back empty: why then call me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

    22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

  • Ruth 4:13-14
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    13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

    14Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman, and may his name be famous in Israel.

  • Ruth 4:8-10
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    8So the kinsman said to Boaz, 'Buy it for yourself.' And he removed his sandal.

    9Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, 'You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.

    10Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from his brethren or from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.'

  • Ruth 3:1-2
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    1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

    2And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

  • Ruth 2:11
    75%

    11And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people which you did not know before.

  • 1 Chr 2:11-12
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    11And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz,

    12And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse,

  • Ruth 2:14-15
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    14And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied, and left some.

    15And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

  • Ruth 1:19
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    19So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was stirred because of them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

  • Ruth 1:11-12
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    11And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters: why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

    12Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and also bear sons;

  • Ruth 3:8-9
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    8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

    9And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.

  • Ruth 3:12
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    12And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

  • Matt 1:5
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    5And Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

  • Ruth 4:16
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    16Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap, and became his nurse.