Boaz
the owner of the field
Who was Boaz?
- An important man of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech, Naomi’s husband. Ruth 2:1
- He let Ruth glean in his field and ordered his servants to treat her with respect. Ruth 2:8-9, 15-16
- He married Ruth and was the father of Obed, David’s grandfather. He is in the genealogy of Jesus. Ruth 4:13, 17; Matthew 1:5
What the Bible says
Ruth 2:1
Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
Ruth 2:8-9, 15-16
8And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my maids, 9And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink. 15And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not: 16And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.
Ruth 4:13, 17; Matthew 1:5
13Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son. 17And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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