Rut 2:3

3 Así que Rut salió a recoger espigas detrás de los cosechadores, y resultó que lo hizo en un campo que pertenecía a Booz, el pariente de su suegro, Elimelec.

Rut 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.

Rut 2:3 In-Context

1 Rut trabaja en el campo de Booz
Había en Belén un hombre rico y muy influyente llamado Booz que era pariente de Elimelec, el esposo de Noemí.

2 Un día Rut la moabita le dijo a Noemí:
—Déjame ir a los campos de cosecha a ver si alguien en su bondad me permite recoger las espigas de grano dejadas atrás.
Noemí respondió:
—Está bien, hija mía, puedes ir.

3 Así que Rut salió a recoger espigas detrás de los cosechadores, y resultó que lo hizo en un campo que pertenecía a Booz, el pariente de su suegro, Elimelec.

4 Mientras estaba allí, llegó Booz de Belén y saludó a los cosechadores:
—¡El Señor
sea con ustedes! —les dijo.
—¡El Señor
lo bendiga! —respondieron los cosechadores.

5 Entonces Booz le preguntó a su capataz:
—¿Quién es esa joven que veo allá? ¿De quién es?