Rut 2:5

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

Rut 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:5

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
&c.] To direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and to pay them their wages when their work was done. Josephus ^F20 calls him (agrokomov) , that had the care of the field, and all things relative to it; the Jews ^F21 say, he was set over two and forty persons, whom he had the command of:

whose damsel is this?
to whom does she belong? of what family is she? whose daughter is she? or whose wife? for he thought, as Aben Ezra notes, that she was another man's wife; the Targum is, of what nation is she? perhaps her dress might be somewhat different from that of the Israelitish women.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 2.
F21 Midrash Ruth, fol. 32. 1.

Rut 2:5 In-Context

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?

6 Y el capataz le contestó:
—Es la joven moabita que volvió con Noemí.

7 Esta mañana me pidió permiso para recoger grano detrás de los segadores. Desde que llegó no ha dejado de trabajar con esmero, excepto por unos momentos de descanso en el refugio.