Ruth 1
In Ruth 1, Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, leave Israel because of a famine and live in Moab (Ruth 1:1-2). While in Moab, the sons marry Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth ...
Ruth 2
In Ruth 2, Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side who was a noble man named Boaz (Ruth 2:1). Ruth asked Naomi for permission to glean in the fields, and Naomi agreed (Ruth 2:2). Ruth went to glean and, ...
Ruth 3
In Ruth 3, Naomi seeks to secure provision for Ruth through marriage to Boaz. (Ruth 3:1-2). She instructs Ruth to wash, anoint herself, wear her best clothes, and approach Boaz at the threshing floor after he ...
Ruth 4
In Ruth 4, Boaz meets the nearest kinsman at the city gate and presents the case of redeeming Elimelech’s property by taking Ruth as wife (Ruth 4:1-5). The closer relative (kinsman) declines, fearing ...