Rut 3:1

Rut y Booz en la era

1 Un día su suegra Noemí le dijo:—Hija mía, ¿no debiera yo buscarte un hogar seguro donde no te falte nada?

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 Un día su suegra Noemí le dijo:—Hija mía, ¿no debiera yo buscarte un hogar seguro donde no te falte nada?

2 Además, ¿acaso Booz, con cuyas criadas has estado, no es nuestro pariente? Pues bien, él va esta noche a la era para aventar la cebada.

3 Báñate y perfúmate, y ponte tu mejor ropa. Baja luego a la era, pero no dejes que él se dé cuenta de que estás allí hasta que haya terminado de comer y beber.

4 Cuando se vaya a dormir, te fijas dónde se acuesta. Luego vas, le destapas los pies, y te acuestas allí. Verás que él mismo te dice lo que tienes que hacer.

5 —Haré todo lo que me has dicho —respondió Rut.