In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man went out from Bethlehem of Judea with his wife and his two sons to live in the fields of Moab.The name of that man is Elimelech, the name of his wife is Naomi, and the names of his two sons are Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathians from Bethlehem of Judea. And they came to the fields of Moab and stayed there.And Elimelech Naomi's husband died, and she was left with her two sons.

They took wives from the Moabites, one named Orpah and the other Ruth, and lived there for about ten years.But then both [her sons], Mahlon and Chilion, died, and that woman remained after both her sons and after her husband.

And she got up with her daughters-in-law and went back from the fields of Moab, for she heard in the fields of Moab that God had visited His people and had given them bread.And she went out of the place where she dwelt, and her two daughters-in-law with her. As they walked along the road, returning to the land of Judah,Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each one to your mother's house; may the Lord do mercy on you, as you did with the dead and with me!May the Lord grant you that each of you find a home in the house of your husband! And kissed them.

But they raised their voices and weptand they said, No, we will return to your people with you.

Naomi said, Return, my daughters; why would you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb to be your husbands?Return, my daughters, go, for I am too old to be married. Yes, even if I said: “I still have hope,” and even if I was with my husband that very night and then gave birth to sons, -then can you wait until they grow up? can you delay and not get married? No, my daughters, I am very sorry for you, for the hand of the Lord has come upon me.

They raised their voices and began to weep again. And Orpah took leave of her mother-in-law [and returned to her people], and Ruth remained with her.[Naomi] said [Ruth], Behold, your daughter-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return and you after your daughter-in-law.

But Ruth said: do not force me to leave you and return from you; but wherever you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will also live; your people will be my people, and your God my God;and where you die, there I will die and be buried; let the Lord do this and that to me, and still more; death alone will separate me from you.

[Naomi,] seeing that she was determined to go with her, she ceased to persuade her.

And they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole city began to move from them, and they said: Is this Naomi?

She said to them: do not call me Naomi, but call me Mara, because the Almighty sent me great sorrow;I left here with prosperity, and the Lord returned me empty-handed; why call me Naomi when the Lord made me suffer, and the Almighty sent misfortune to me?

And Naomi returned, and with her her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite, who had come from the fields of Moab, and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

1.20: Pleasant.

A story that vividly depicts the patriarchal life of that time. The story of how poor Ruth gathered ears on the harvest of rich Boaz, how the latter, having paid attention to her, ordered the workers to leave more unreamed ears, how, on the advice of her mother-in-law, Ruth shamefully presented her family rights to Boaz and how the latter approved before the elders of the city his right to it, is stated with inimitable simplicity and sincerity.

The book is divided into four chapters.

• The first tells of a famine in the Land of Israel, because of which Elimelech and his wife Noamen and two sons go to Moab. There, the sons marry Moabites, and then Elimelech and his two sons die. Naamen stays with her two daughters-in-law Ruth and Orpah. When Naamen returns to the Land of Israel, only Ruth remains with her.
• The second chapter tells how Ruth gathers the spikelets left in the field of Boaz after the harvest for her mother-in-law.
• The third chapter is about how Ruth, on the advice of her mother-in-law, reveals to Boaz that he is her relative.
• The fourth chapter is the story of Boaz's redemption of the rights to marry Ruth and the inheritance of Elimelech from a closer relative. Ruth bears a son to Boaz, whose grandson becomes David. The genealogy of Boaz and David is listed from Peres, the son of Judah.

The place of the book in the Bible

The Book of Ruth is canonical and is placed in the Old Testament after the Book of Judges. Some, notably Josephus, even placed the Book of Ruth in the Book of Judges. In the text of the Book of Ruth, there are Aramaisms and later grammatical forms, which gave rise to some researchers to attribute its origin to a much later time; however, these Aramaisms could be the result of a later redaction, so the version of the authorship of Samuel is still considered one of the main ones.

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In religious tradition

Judaism

The Book of Ruth is one of the books of the Scriptures, and is included in the Five Scrolls ((Heb. מגילות ‎, Megilot)). The Book of Ruth is read publicly in the synagogue during the Shavuot morning prayer in many communities. The book of Ruth is entirely included in the anthology of the books of the Written and Oral Torah (Tikkun Leil Shavuot), which is studied on the night of the Shavuot holiday, when the giving of the Torah is celebrated at Mount Sinai. There are several reasons for linking the book of Ruth with the holiday of Shavuot:

• The joining of Ruth to the Jewish people (giyur) is similar to the acceptance of the Torah by the Jews at Mount Sinai
• At the end of the book of Ruth, the birth of her great-grandson, King David, is mentioned, who, according to tradition, died on Shavuot.
• The main events of the book of Ruth are connected with the time of harvest.

Christianity

Through David, according to the testimony of the Gospel, Ruth is also the foremother Son of David, Jesus, in whose genealogy, among the few women, her name also appears (Matt. 1:5).

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And Boaz said to his relative: Naomi, who has returned from the fields of Moab, is selling the part of the field that belongs to our brother Elimelech;

I decided to bring it to your ears and say: buy in the presence of those who sit here and in the presence of the elders of my people; if you want to redeem, redeem; and if you do not want to redeem, tell me, and I will know; for there is no one but you to redeem; and for you I. He said: I buy.

Boaz said: When you buy a field from Naomi, you must also buy from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased, and you must marry her in order to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance.

And that relative said: I cannot take her for myself, so as not to upset my inheritance; accept it you, for I cannot accept it.

Formerly, this was the custom with Israel when redeeming and when I exchanged to confirm some deed: one took off his shoe and gave it to another, and this was a testimony in Israel.

And that kinsman said to Boaz, Buy for yourself. And he took off his boots.

And Boaz said to the elders and to all the people: Now you are witnesses that I buy from Naomi everything of Elimelech and everything of Chilion and Mahlon;

I also take Ruth the Moabitess wife of Mahlon to be my wife, so that the name of the deceased may remain in his inheritance, and that the name of the deceased may not disappear between his brothers and at the gate of his dwelling place: today you are witnesses of this.

And all the people that were at the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses; May the Lord make a woman who enters your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both made the house of Israel. acquire wealth in Ephrath, and let your name be glorified in Bethlehem;

and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, from the seed that the Lord will give you from this young woman.

And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he entered to her, and the Lord gave her pregnancy, and she gave birth to a son.

And the women said to Naomi: Blessed be the Lord, that He has not left you today without an heir! And glorious be his name in Israel!

He will be your joy and nourisher in your old age, for he was born by your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better than seven sons for you.

And Naomi took this child, and carried him in her arms, and was his nurse.

The neighbors called his name and said: "Naomi had a son," and called his name: Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And this is the family of Perez: Perez begat Esrom;

Esrom begat Aram; Aram begat Aminadab;

Aminadab begat Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon;

Salmon begat Boaz; Boaz begat Obed;

Obed begat Jesse; Jesse begat David.

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her: My daughter, should you not look for a shelter, so that you will be well?

Behold, Boaz, with whose servants you were, our relative; behold, this night he blows barley on the threshing floor;

wash yourself, anoint yourself, put on your elegant clothes and go to the threshing floor, but do not show yourself to him until he has finished eating and drinking;

when he lies down to sleep, find out the place where he lies down; then you will come and open it at his feet and lie down; he will tell you what to do.

Ruth said to her: I will do everything that you told me.

And she went to the threshing floor and did everything as her mother-in-law ordered her.

Boaz ate and drank, and made his heart glad, and went and lay down to sleep beside the stack. And she came quietly, opened it at his feet, and lay down.

At midnight he shuddered, got up, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

And Boaz said to her, Who are you? She said: I am Ruth, your servant, stretch out your wing on your servant, for you are a relative.

Boaz said, Blessed are you from the Lord, my daughter! you made this last good deed of yours even better than the previous one, that you did not go looking for young people, neither poor nor rich;

so, my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do to you everything that you said; for all the gates of my people know that you are a virtuous woman;

although it is true that I am a relative, there is still a relative closer to me;

spend the night this night; tomorrow, if he accepts you, then well, let him accept; and if he does not want to accept you, then I will; the Lord lives! Sleep until morning.

And she slept at his feet until the morning, and she got up before they could recognize each other. And Boaz said, Let them not know that a woman came to the threshing floor.

And he said to her: Give me the outer garment that is on you, hold it. She kept, and he measured her six measures of barley, and put it on her, and went into the city.

And Ruth came to her mother-in-law. She said to her: what, my daughter? She told her everything that the man had done to her.

And she said to her: He gave me these six measures of barley and said to me: Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.

She said: wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter will end; for that man will not rest until he finishes his work today.

Naomi had a relative by her husband, a very noble man, from the tribe of Elimelech, his name was Boaz.

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi: I will go into the field and glean in the footsteps of him with whom I find favor. She said to her: Go, my daughter.

She went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And it came to pass that that part of the field belonged to Boaz, who was of the tribe of Elimelech.

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers: The Lord is with you! They said to him: God bless you!

And Boaz said to his servant who was assigned to the reapers, Whose young woman is this?

The servant assigned to the reapers answered and said, This young woman is a Moabite who came with Naomi from the fields of Moab;

let the field where they reap be in your eyes, and follow them; behold, I commanded my servants not to touch you; when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from where my servants draw.

She fell on her face and bowed to the ground and said to him: How did I win mercy in your eyes, that you accept me, although I am a foreigner?

Boaz answered and said to her: I have been told everything that you did for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, that you left your father and your mother and your homeland and came to a people whom you did not know yesterday and the third day;

may the Lord reward your work for this, and may you have a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, to whom you came to rest under His wings!

She said: may I be in favor before your eyes, my lord! You consoled me and spoke after the heart of your servant, while I am not worthy of any of your servants.

And Boaz said to her, It's dinner time; come here and eat bread and dip your piece in vinegar. And she sat down near the reapers. He gave her bread; she ate, ate, and still left.

And got up to pick it up. Boaz gave orders to his servants, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not offend her;

yea, and from the sheaves, throw it back to her and leave it, let her pick it up, and do not scold her.

So she gleaned in the field until evening, and threshed what she had gathered, and it came out about an ephah of barley.

Taking this, she went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had collected. And she took Ruth out of her bosom and gave her what she had left, having eaten herself.

And her mother-in-law said to her: where did you gather today and where did you work? Blessed be he who receives you! Ruth! I told my mother-in-law who she worked for and said: The name of the man I worked for today is Boaz.

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law: Blessed is he from the Lord because he did not deprive his mercy of either the living or the dead! And Naomi said to her, This man is close to us; he is one of our relatives.

Ruth the Moabite said: He even said to me, Be with my maidservants until they finish my harvest.

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth: Well, my daughter, that you will walk with his maidservants, and they will not insult you in another field.

So she was with Boaz's maids and gleaned ears until the harvest of barley and wheat was over, and she lived with her mother-in-law.

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man went out from Bethlehem of Judea with his wife and his two sons to live in the fields of Moab.

The name of that man is Elimelech, the name of his wife is Naomi, and the names of his two sons are Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judea. And they came to the fields of Moab and stayed there.

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

Bible Guide Asimov Isaac

Ruth

Naomi, having lost her husband and sons, decided to return to Bethlehem. Both of her daughters-in-law went with her, but along the way, Naomi began to persuade them to return to their home and marry again. Orpah agreed and said goodbye to her mother-in-law, but Ruth flatly refused:

Ruth 1:16. But Ruth said: do not force me to leave you ... but wherever you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will live; your people shall be my people, and your God shall be my God...

And they both went to Bethlehem.

In Bethlehem, Ruth met Boaz, a wealthy relative of Naomi, who took a liking to her despite being a foreigner. He was grateful to her for the love and care she gave Naomi. Naomi taught Ruth what she should do, and Boaz took Ruth as his wife in accordance with the ancient Israelite law of the levirate.

The couple had a son, and Naomi, who had lost her sons, was comforted. Her devoted daughter-in-law, the Moabite Ruth, was now considered a full member of the Israelite community, and the Israelites praised her:

Ruth 4:14–15. And the women said to Naomi… your daughter-in-law who loves you… seven sons are better for you.

WITH since then, for the whole people, Ruth has remained one of the most attractive women in the Bible.

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Ruth and Booz And they both walked until they came to Bethel at the beginning of the barley harvest. Many recognized Noemi and greeted her. Others asked: "Isn't this Noemi?" - Noemi was, - she answered them. - But forget that name. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has sent me great grief.

In the days of the judges of Israel, there lived in Bethlehem, which was about six miles south of Jerusalem, a man named Elimelech. His wife's name was Naomi (Naomi), and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. For several years in a row there were poor harvests in Judea, and therefore, fleeing from famine, Elimelech and his family went to live in the lands of Moab on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The family lived there for 10 years when Elimelech died. His sons married Moabites, one of whom was named Orpah, and the other Ruth. Soon both brothers also died, and three women - Ruth, Orpah and Naomi - remained widows.

Ruth

Naomi (Naomi) learned that the harvest years began again in the lands of Judah, and decided to return to her homeland. The woman invited her sons' widows to go live with their mothers and find new husbands, but they were willing to go with Naomi. By persuasion, Naomi convinced Orpah, but Ruth remained her own way and went to Judea.

The women bypassed the Dead Sea, crossed the Jordan River and came to Bethlehem. Upon arrival, Naomi changed her name to Mara. The fact is that Naomi means “pleasant”, and Mara means “bitter”, the life of a woman no longer advised the first epithet.

At that time there lived in Bethlehem a rich man named Boaz, who was a distant relative of Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. Boaz owned large fields. Then there was a custom in Judea - at the harvest they always left a few spikelets for the poor, who could come and collect what was left. When Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem, it was just the time of the barley harvest, so Ruth went to the fields of Boaz to gather some ears of corn.

Boaz, seeing Ruth, asked one of his reapers: Whose young woman is this? When he learned that this was the Moabite woman who had come with Naomi, he said to Ruth:

... listen, my daughter, do not go to gather in another field and do not cross from here, but be here with my maids;

let the field where they reap be in your eyes, and follow them; behold, I commanded my servants not to touch you; when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from where my servants draw. ()

Then Ruth bowed to Boaz and thanked him for his kindness. She took these words to heart, because she did not expect such attention to herself - a stranger.

Ruth in the fields of Boaz

Ruth came to the fields of Boaz until the harvest time was over. Soon Ruth and Boaz began a relationship. Boaz took her to wife. They had a son, Ovid. Ovid had a son, Jesse, who became the father of David, the king of Israel. So the Moabite Ruth, through her devotion, became the mother of kings.

What does the biblical story of Ruth teach us?

Reading the story of Ruth, we can draw 5 main conclusions:

1) God cares for all people, regardless of race, nationality, or status.

Ruth was not a Jewess, but a Moabite. Thanks to her personal qualities, she became the mother of kings. God loves her as much as any Jewish woman. God does not divide people, He loves everyone equally.

2) Men and women are equal before God.

God cares for men and women equally. We are all one in His eyes. While most religions exalt men, Christianity is the only monotheistic religion that honors men and women on the same level.

3) There are no insignificant people in the eyes of God.

Ruth became the mother of Kings, although she was a Moabite and a poor widow. But God made it important in His plan. God's plan is for everyone. His strength is often perfected in our weakness

Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in needs, in persecutions, in oppressions for Christ, for when I am weak, then I am strong. (Second Epistle to the Corinthians).

4) No minor events.

Ruth became the mother of Kings due to a combination of circumstances: a famine in Judea, a family resettlement, the death of Naomi's sons, a return to Bethlehem, a meeting with Boaz. Perhaps our life is full of such events, the meaning of which we do not understand.

5) God is the Redeemer

Boaz can be seen as a type of Christ.

What lessons can we learn from the story of Ruth?

• Don't let the past determine your future.
• Be full of faith
• Be clean
• The good in you will not go unnoticed.