Rute 3:1

1 Depois lhe disse Noêmi, sua sogra: Minha filha, não te hei de buscar descanso, para que fiques bem?

Rute 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.''

Rute 3:1 In-Context

1 Depois lhe disse Noêmi, sua sogra: Minha filha, não te hei de buscar descanso, para que fiques bem?

2 Ora pois, não é Boaz, com cujas moças estiveste, de nossa parentela. Eis que esta noite ele vai joeirar a cevada na eira.

3 Lava-te pois, unge-te, veste os teus melhores vestidos, e desce � eira; porém não te dês a conhecer ao homem, até que tenha acabado de comer e beber.

4 E quando ele se deitar, notarás o lugar em que se deita; então entrarás, descobrir-lhe-ás os pés e te deitarás, e ele te dirá o que deves fazer.

5 Respondeu-lhe Rute: Tudo quanto me disseres, farei.