Ruth 3:1

1 Et Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne te chercherai-je pas un asile, afin que tu sois heureuse?

Ruth 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.''

Ruth 3:1 In-Context

1 Et Naomi, sa belle-mère, lui dit: Ma fille, ne te chercherai-je pas un asile, afin que tu sois heureuse?

2 Et maintenant, Booz, avec les servantes de qui tu as été, n'est-il pas notre parent? Voici, il vannera cette nuit les orges qui sont dans son aire.

3 Lave-toi, et oins-toi, et mets sur toi ton manteau, et descends dans l'aire; mais ne te fais point connaître à cet homme, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait achevé de manger et de boire.

4 Et quand il se couchera, sache le lieu où il couche, puis entre, et découvre ses pieds, et te couche; alors il te dira ce que tu auras à faire.

5 Et elle lui répondit: Je ferai tout ce que tu me dis.