Ruth 2:2

Ruth 2:3 →

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

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Interpretation

Notice Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she cheerfully stoops to her lot.

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This thought runs through Ruth 2:1-3.

Ruth 2:1 Ruth 2:2 Ruth 2:3

Glossary

Naomi Person: The lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth (1:2, 20, 21; 2:1).
Ruth Person: A friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab.