Rut 2:19

19 —¿Dónde recogiste todo este grano hoy? —preguntó Noemí—. ¿Dónde trabajaste? ¡Que el Señor
bendiga al que te ayudó!
Entonces Rut le contó a su suegra acerca del hombre en cuyo campo había trabajado. Le dijo:
—El hombre con quien trabajé hoy se llama Booz.

Rut 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:19

And her mother in law said unto her, where hast thou gleaned
today?
&c.] In what part of the field of Bethlehem? or on whose land, that she had gleaned so much? not that she suspected that she had got it in an illicit manner, but supposed she had been directed by the providence of God to a spot of ground where there was good gleaning; of that she had met with some hand, that had dropped ears of corn plentifully in her favour:

and where wroughtest thou?
which is the same question repeated in other words, and shows that gleaning is a work, and a hard work too, closely followed, to be stooping and picking up ears of corn a whole day together:

blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee:
she knew, by the quantity of corn she brought home, that she must have had kindness shown her by somebody; and especially she knew it by the food she brought home, and therefore pronounced the man blessed, or wished him happiness, before she knew who he was; though perhaps she might guess at him, or conjecture in her mind who it was that had taken notice of her:

and she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought:
that is, with whose reapers, men and maidens, she had wrought, whom she followed in gleaning, they working in one sort of work, and she in another, yet in the same field:

the man's name with whom I wrought today is Boaz;
that is, in whose field, and with whose servants, she wrought; for Boaz wrought not himself, unless this can be understood of her eating and drinking with him; but the other sense is best.

Rut 2:19 In-Context

17 Así que Rut recogió cebada allí todo el día y, cuando la desgranó por la tarde, llenó toda una canasta.

18 Luego la cargó de vuelta al pueblo y la mostró a su suegra. También le dio el grano tostado que le había sobrado de su comida.

19 —¿Dónde recogiste todo este grano hoy? —preguntó Noemí—. ¿Dónde trabajaste? ¡Que el Señor
bendiga al que te ayudó!
Entonces Rut le contó a su suegra acerca del hombre en cuyo campo había trabajado. Le dijo:
—El hombre con quien trabajé hoy se llama Booz.

20 —¡Que el Señor
lo bendiga! —le dijo Noemí a su nuera—. Nos muestra su bondad no solo a nosotras sino también a tu marido que murió.
Ese hombre es uno de nuestros parientes más cercanos, uno de los redentores de nuestra familia.

21 Entonces Rut
dijo:
—Es más, Booz me dijo que volviera y me quedara con sus trabajadores hasta que termine la cosecha.