And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
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Gill's Exposition
And she said,.... These are the words of the servant continued, who goes on with the account of Ruth, and her conduct, since she had been in the field:
I pray you let me glean, and gather after the…
Barnes' Notes
The house - The shed or booth where they took their meals, and were sheltered from the sun in the heat of the day (see Gen 33:17).
Adam Clarke
That she tarried a little in the house - It seems as if the reapers were now resting in their tent, and that Ruth had just gone in with them to take her rest also.
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
save that she tarried a little in the house lit. -her dwelling in the house is (but) short": not the houseof Boaz, which is out of the question; possibly her own house, in which case the meaning will…
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