Rut 2:3

3 Rut salió y comenzó a recoger espigas en el campo, detrás de los segadores. Y dio la casualidad de que el campo donde estaba trabajando pertenecía a Booz, el pariente de Elimélec.

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 Noemí tenía, por parte de su esposo, un pariente que se llamaba Booz. Era un hombre rico e influyente de la familia de Elimélec.

2 Y sucedió que Rut la moabita le dijo a Noemí:—Permíteme ir al campo a recoger las espigas que vaya dejando alguien a quien yo le caiga bien.—Anda, hija mía —le respondió su suegra.

3 Rut salió y comenzó a recoger espigas en el campo, detrás de los segadores. Y dio la casualidad de que el campo donde estaba trabajando pertenecía a Booz, el pariente de Elimélec.

4 En eso llegó Booz desde Belén y saludó a los segadores:—¡Que el SEÑOR esté con ustedes!—¡Que el SEÑOR lo bendiga! —respondieron ellos.

5 —¿De quién es esa joven? —preguntó Booz al capataz de sus segadores.