Rut 3:8

8 Y aconteció, que a la medianoche el varón se estremeció, y echó mano; y he aquí, la mujer que estaba acostada a sus pies

Rut 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:8

And it came to pass at midnight
So long Boaz slept without knowledge of any person being at his feet, and so long Ruth had lain there; but awaking, and perceiving something at his feet, which pressed them, it made him look about and feel, and so affected him,

that the man was afraid;
though a man, and a man of spirit, he was afraid, a panic seized him, not knowing but it might be a spectre, a spirit, or a demon, as Jarchi; and such an instance we have in history

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 of an apparition, which seemed to put off clothes, and place itself in a bed where a man lay

and turned himself;
to see who it was:

and, behold, a woman lay at his feet;
which he knew by putting his hand upon her head, as Jarchi thinks, and so knew her by her headdress, or vail; or rather by her voice, as Aben Ezra, and who supposes the moon might shine, and he might be able to discern she had no beard, as well as also discover her by her clothes.

F19 Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 2. c. 9.

Rut 3:8 In-Context

6 Y descendiendo a la era, hizo todo lo que su suegra le había mandado

7 Y cuando Booz hubo comido y bebido, y su corazón estuvo contento, se retiró a dormir a un lado del montón. Entonces ella vino calladamente, y descubrió los pies, y se acostó

8 Y aconteció, que a la medianoche el varón se estremeció, y echó mano; y he aquí, la mujer que estaba acostada a sus pies

9 Entonces él dijo: ¿Quién eres? Y ella respondió: Yo soy Rut tu sierva; extiende el borde de tu capa sobre tu sierva, porque redentor eres

10 Y él dijo: Bendita seas tú del SEÑOR, hija mía; que has demostrado más misericordia al final que en el comienzo, no yendo tras los jóvenes, sean pobres o ricos