Rute 2:3

3 Foi, pois, e chegando ao campo respigava após os segadores; e caiu-lhe em sorte uma parte do campo de Boaz, que era da família de Elimeleque.

Rute 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:3

And she went, and came
That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to the Midrash ^F16, she marked the ways as she went, before she entered into the field, and then came back to the city to observe the marks and signs she made, that she might not mistake the way, and might know how to come back again:

and gleaned in the field after the reapers;
when they had cut down and bound up the corn, what fell and was left she picked up, having first asked leave so to do:

and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech;
the providence of God so ordering and directing it; for though it was hap and chance to her, and what some people call good luck, it was according to the purpose, and by the providence and direction of God that she came to the reapers in that part of the field Boaz, a near kinsman of her father-in-law, was owner of, and asked leave of them to glean and follow them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Midrash Ruth, fol. 31. 4. Vid. Jarchi & Alshech in loc.

Rute 2:3 In-Context

1 Ora, tinha Noêmi um parente de seu marido, homem poderoso e rico, da família de Elimeleque; e ele se chamava Boaz.

2 Rute, a moabita, disse a Noêmi: Deixa-me ir ao campo a apanhar espigas atrás daquele a cujos olhos eu achar graça. E ela lhe respondeu: Vai, minha filha.

3 Foi, pois, e chegando ao campo respigava após os segadores; e caiu-lhe em sorte uma parte do campo de Boaz, que era da família de Elimeleque.

4 E eis que Boaz veio de Belém, e disse aos segadores: O Senhor seja convosco. Responderam-lhe eles: O Senhor te abençoe.

5 Depois perguntou Boaz ao moço que estava posto sobre os segadores: De quem é esta moça?