And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And the women said unto Naomi,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the…
Barnes' Notes
Without a kinsman - i. e. Boaz, not the infant Obed.
Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Rut 4:13), all the city, no doubt, congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely…
Cambridge Bible
On account of the words this day, Bertholet and Nowack take the near kinsman(go'el) as referring to the new-born son. It is true that the words which follow, -let his name be famous," apply to the…
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