Rut 3:1

1 Y le dijo su suegra Noemí: Hija mía, ¿no te tengo de buscar descanso, que te sea bueno?

Rut 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:1

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her
After the harvests were over, and so gleaning likewise; when Naomi and Ruth were together alone in their apartment, the mother addressed the daughter after this manner:

my daughter, shall I not seek for thee, that it may be well with thee?
that is, in the house of an husband, as in ( Ruth 1:9 ) her meaning is, to seek out for an husband for her, that she might have an house of her own to rest in, and an husband to provide her; that so she might be free from such toil and labour she had been lately exercised in, and enjoy much ease and comfort, and all outward happiness and prosperity in a marriage state with a good husband. This interrogation carries in it the force of a strong affirmation, may suggest that she judged it to be her duty, and that she was determined to seek out such a rest for her; and the Targum makes her way of speaking stronger still, for that is,

``by an oath I will not rest, until the time that I have sought a rest for thee.''

Rut 3:1 In-Context

1 Y le dijo su suegra Noemí: Hija mía, ¿no te tengo de buscar descanso, que te sea bueno?

2 ¿No es Booz nuestro pariente, con cuyas criadas tú has estado? He aquí que él avienta esta noche la parva de las cebadas.

3 Te lavarás pues, y te ungirás, y vistiéndote tus vestidos, irás a la era; mas no te darás a conocer al varón hasta que él haya acabado de comer y de beber.

4 Y cuando él se acostare, repara tú el lugar donde él se acostare, e irás, y descubrirás los pies, y te acostarás allí ; y él te dirá lo que hayas de hacer.

5 Y ella le respondió: Haré todo lo que tú me mandares.