Introduction
The widow Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, settle into life in Naomi’s home town of Bethlehem.
Questions
1. What does Ruth suggest to Naomi that she should do and what happens?
v 2 and 3 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean amongst the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favour.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.” She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
2. What has Boaz been hearing about Ruth before he meets her?
v 11 ... I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law ... how you have left your father, your mother ... and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.
3. What does Ruth end up doing for the rest of harvest time?
v 23 So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
Summary Points
- v 1 to 7 To find food, Ruth goes out gleaning and happens to come to the field of Boaz
- v 8 to 16 Boaz shows kindness to Ruth and tells her to continue gleaning in his field as he knows that she has put her trust in the God of Israel
- v 17 to 23 When Ruth tells Naomi what has happened Naomi tells her that Boaz is a close relative of theirs