Ruth 4:17-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:18-22

‘ Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.’ The writer now closes his book in triumph. We have noted already that he has often liked to repeat ideas, and here he does so by adding the genealogy of Perez (already mentioned in Ruth 4:12) which leads up to the birth of King David (already... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 4. Ruth’ s Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of “ such an one!” Boaz called the person’ s actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story. Ruth 4:2 . The elders of the city are called in as witnesses of an important transaction affecting the rights of a family. For “ selleth” we ought to read “ hath sold.” The point is that the property had passed out of the family’ s hands and required to be redeemed. Ruth 4:5 . Here the meaning is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ruth 4:17

Gave it a name, i.e. they gave her advice about the name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so. Obed; a servant, to wit, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which duty children owe to their progenitors. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ruth 4:22

How can this be a true genealogy, seeing by this means four persons take up three hundred and eighty years, which were between Salmon and David, and consequently every one of them must beget a son when he was very old? Answ. 1. It is not certain that each of these was the immediate parent of him whom he is said to beget; for sometimes grandfathers are said in Scripture to beget their grandchildren, to wit, by the intervention of their immediate sons; whereof instances have been given. And... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 4:11-18

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ruth 4:11. We are witnesses. The business settled without lawyers or legal casuistry (A. Clarke). The Lord make. The birth of children looked upon as a direct interference of Providence—a contribution to the fulfilment of the great promise whereon their hearts were set (E. Price). Like Rachel and like Leah. The two ancestresses of all true Israelites. Like Ruth they had left home for their husbands. The younger probably mentioned first not only as the favourite... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four chapters. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand years ago. I. Glancing back over the lines of this sweet and pure pastoral idyll, we feel that rarely did human story more impressively demonstrate the unspeakable worth of lowly folk, the fine and favourable issues of seemingly suppressed lives, the hidden wealth of true and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:1-22

Chapter 4So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And so they sat down. And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, is selling a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: And I thought to let you... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29:0. Genesis 19:0. Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten men to attest the sale of the land; in other places the witnesses only are named; but seven officers constituted a synagogue, and it is likely that those courts did not consist of less than seven. Deuteronomy 16:18. Ruth 4:11 . The Lord make the woman like Rachel and like Leah. Note, a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 4:17-22

Ruth 4:17-22And they called his name Obed.Little ObedNo doubt there were circumstances connected with the birth of this child which surrounded it with a special interest. But take the birth of any child, and while few events are more common, few can occur on the earth which in sober reality are more momentous. What a mystery hangs over its wondrous constitution of thought and matter, of soul and body! What a capacity is there of sin and suffering, of holy service and blessedness l What will be... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:17

Rth 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ver. 17. And the women her neighbours gave it a name. ] Those good women, spoken of before, Rth 4:14 persuaded the parents to give the child that name, either when it was born or when it came to be circumcised, which was the usual time. There is a son born to Naomi. ] Now no longer Marah, but a joyful mother; for... read more

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