Rut 3:1

1 Rut en el campo de trillar
Un día Noemí le dijo a Rut:
—Hija mía, es tiempo de que yo te encuentre un hogar permanente para que tengas un porvenir asegurado.

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 Rut en el campo de trillar
Un día Noemí le dijo a Rut:
—Hija mía, es tiempo de que yo te encuentre un hogar permanente para que tengas un porvenir asegurado.

2 Booz es nuestro pariente cercano, y él ha sido muy amable al dejarte recoger grano con las jóvenes. Esta noche estará aventando cebada en el campo de trillar.

3 Mira, haz lo que te digo. Báñate, perfúmate y vístete con tu ropa más linda. Después baja al campo de trillar pero no dejes que Booz te vea hasta que termine de comer y de beber.

4 Fíjate bien dónde se acuesta; después acércate a él, destapa sus pies y acuéstate allí. Entonces él te dirá lo que debes hacer.

5 —Haré todo lo que me dices —respondió Rut.