Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
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Gill's Exposition
Then she said, let me find favour in thy sight, my lord,.... Or rather, since she had found favour in his sight already: the words are to be considered, not as a wish for it, but as acknowledging it,…
Adam Clarke
Not like unto one of thine hand-maidens - I am as unworthy of thy regards as any of thine own maidservants, and yet thou showest me distinguished kindness.
Now Boaz himself appears, and a great deal of decency there appears in his carriage both towards his own servants and towards this poor stranger.
I. Towards his own servants, and those that were…
Cambridge Bible
comforted … spoken kindly unto The same words in Isa 40:1-2. See on Jdg 19:3.
though I be not As a stranger Ruth is not like one of his handmaidens; she has no right to expect such friendly treatment.
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