Rut 2:3

3 Rut adunque andò, ed entrò in un campo, e spigolò dietro ai mietitori; e per caso si abbattè nella possessione d’un campo di Booz, il quale era della nazione di 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 OR Naomi avea quivi un parente del suo marito Elimelec, uomo possente in facoltà, della nazione di Elimelec; il cui nome era Booz.

2 E Rut Moabita disse a Naomi: Deh! lascia che io vada a’ campi, ed io spigolerò dietro a colui, appo il quale avrò trovata grazia. Ed ella le disse: Va’, figliuola mia.

3 Rut adunque andò, ed entrò in un campo, e spigolò dietro ai mietitori; e per caso si abbattè nella possessione d’un campo di Booz, il quale era della nazione di Elimelec.

4 Or ecco, Booz venne di Bet-lehem, e disse a’ mietitori: Il Signore sia con voi. Ed essi gli dissero: Il Signore ti benedica.

5 Poi Booz disse al suo servitore ordinato sopra i mietitori: Di cui è questa giovane?