Rut 2:6

6 Il servo incaricato di sorvegliare i mietitori rispose: "E’ una fanciulla Moabita; quella ch’è tornata con Naomi dalle campagne di Moab.

Rut 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:6

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and
said
Who had taken a great deal of notice of Ruth, and had conversed with her, and so was capable of giving answers to his master's question:

it is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi, out of the
country of Moab;
perhaps he had not got knowledge of her name, and therefore only describes her by the country from whence she came; and by her coming from thence along with Naomi, when she returned from Moab, with whose name Boaz was well acquainted, and of whose return he had been informed; and perhaps had seen her in person, and even Ruth also, though he might have forgot her; the Targum makes the servant to add, that she was become a proselytess.

Rut 2:6 In-Context

4 Ed ecco che Boaz giunse da Bethlehem, e disse ai mietitori: "L’Eterno sia con voi!" E quelli gli risposero: "L’Eterno ti benedica!"

5 Poi Boaz disse al suo servo incaricato di sorvegliare i mietitori: "Di chi è questa fanciulla?"

6 Il servo incaricato di sorvegliare i mietitori rispose: "E’ una fanciulla Moabita; quella ch’è tornata con Naomi dalle campagne di Moab.

7 Ella ci ha detto: Vi prego, lasciatemi spigolare e raccogliere le spighe tra le mannelle, dietro ai mietitori. E da stamattina ch’è venuta, è rimasta in piè fino ad ora; e s’è ritirata un momento solo per riposarsi".

8 Allora Boaz disse a Ruth: "Ascolta, figliuola mia; non andare a spigolare in altro campo; e non t’allontanare di qui, ma rimani con le mie serve;