Ruth 4:12, Ruth 4:18-22 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:9-12

Boaz now sees his way clear, and therefore delays not to perform his promise made to Ruth that he would do the kinsman's part, but in the gate of the city, before the elders and all the people, publishes a marriage-contract between himself and Ruth the Moabitess, and therewith the purchase of all the estate that belonged to the family of Elimelech. If he had not been (Ruth 2:1) a mighty man of wealth, he could not have compassed this redemption, nor done this service to his kinsman's family.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:12

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah ,.... Of whose tribe the Bethlehemites were, and were also of the house or family of Pharez, as appears from 4:18 , &c.; who was born to Judah of Tamar, one of another nation, as Ruth was, and from whom sprung a very numerous family, one of the five families of Judah; and they wish that the family of Boaz, by Ruth, might be as numerous; and if Boaz was the same with Ibzan, as the Jews say, though that wants... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:12

Like the house of Pharez - This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:1-12

The bridal of Boaz and Ruth. I. THERE WERE SOME OBSTACLES IN THE WAY . There were none, indeed, in Boaz's heart; it was full of pure esteem and love for Ruth. There were none in his financial circumstances; he was able to provide amply for her comfort, and for all his own necessities and conveniences. There were none in his physical condition; he had been temperate in all things, and was in the enjoyment of health and strength. Neither were there any obstacles in Ruth's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:11-12

Good wishes. When the marriage of Boaz with Ruth was resolved upon, the elders of the city, the bridegroom's neighbors and friends, expressed with cordiality their congratulations and good wishes. They wished well to himself, to his Wife, to his house or family, to his offspring, his seed. I. KIND WISHES ARE FOUNDED IN A PRINCIPLE DIVINELY PLANTED IN HUMAN NATURE . Sympathy is a principle of human nature. Benevolence is as natural as selfishness, though less... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:12

And may thy house he as the house of Pharez, whom Tamer bare to Judah, (springing) from the seed which Yahveh will give to thee of this young woman! Pharez's descendants, the Pharzites, were particularly numerous, and hence the good wishes of Boaz's fellow-townsmen (see Numbers 26:20 , Numbers 26:21 ). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:12

Ruth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez As honourable and numerous as his family was; whom, though he also was born of a stranger, God so blessed, that his family was one of the five families to which all the tribe of Judah belonged, and the progenitor of the inhabitants of this city. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

Boaz marries Ruth (4:1-22)Feeling the effects of the poverty of widowhood, Naomi decided to sell her late husband’s land. To prevent the land from passing out of the family, she had to ensure that it was bought (or redeemed) by the nearest relative (cf. Leviticus 25:23-28). In this case that person was the same one who had to produce through Ruth an heir who could carry on the names of the late Elimelech (Naomi’s husband) and Mahlon (Elimelech’s son and Ruth’s husband). But should such an heir... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 4:12

Pharez. Compare Genesis 38:29 . Genesis 38:1 Cbron. Ruth 2:4 .Matthew 1:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 4:12

"And let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman."It first appears that this mention of Judah's shameful action in begetting Perez of Tamar might have been inappropriate, but the significance of it lies, perhaps, in the fact of Tamar's having been a foreigner (a Canaanite), a non-Israelite, just like Ruth the Moabitess. Tamar and Ruth are both mentioned in the genealogy of Christ in the N.T. (Matthew 1:3,5),... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:9-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 4:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 4:12

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