Genesis 38:8-9
A.M. 2282. B.C. 1722.Le 18:16; Nu 36:8,9; De 25:5-10; Ru 1:11; 4:5-11; Mt 22:23-27 he is.De 25:6; Ru 1:11; 4:10lest that.Job 5:2; Pr 27:4; Tit 3:3; Jas 3:14,16; 4:5Ruth 1:12-13
too old.Ge 17:17; 1Ti 5:9I should have. or, I were with. tarry. Heb. hope. it grieveth me much. Heb. I have muchbitterness. the hand. De 2:15; Jud 2:15; 1Sa 5:11; Job 19:21; Ps 32:4; 38:2; 39:9,10Ruth 3:9
Ruth.2:10-13; 1Sa 25:41; Lu 14:11spread therefore.Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his {talith} over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection. Eze 16:8a near kinsman. or, one that has right to redeem.12; 2:20Ruth 4:5
What day.Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many MSS. since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders. to raise up.3:12,13; Ge 38:8; De 25:5,6; Mt 22:24; Lu 20:28
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