Ruth Chapter 1
Where was this family living? What does the meaning of this city mean?
Bethlehem - the house of bread
Whose field did Ruth work in that day? Why did she decide to go and to glean barley on the fields?
Boaz - So they collect food to eat
Boaz desired to marry Ruth. According to the custom, what must he first have?
the approval of her closest relative
How many elders were present when Boaz talked to Naomi's close relative?
10
Who is this epistle sent to? What's the meaning of his name?
Philemon - beloved
Who are these 4? Where are they heading to? Why?
Naomi - Elimelech - Mahlon and Chilion - Moab - because off the famine
Boaz ordered his workers to drop grain on purpose for Ruth to find. What other kindness did she receive?
You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”
Why did Boaz ask Ruth for her shawl?
So she can give her six ephahs of barley to take to her mother-in law - he said to her, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law
What is the name of the close relative? why did he refuse to redeem Ruth? What does he symbolize?
Bible did not mention - He refused thinking that Ruth is a Moabite (gentile) so he might defile his own inheritance) - He symbolizes the law of Moses which is not sufficient to save us. We needed Jesus Christ the true Boaz.
Who are those in the picture?
St. Paul & Onesimus
Who are Naomi's daughters in law? Why did she not want them to go back with her?
Ruth - Orpah - so they can go back to their parents and get married to your men
What does the name Ruth mean? Why did Ruth find favor in Boaz's eyes?
friend/ companion - Because he heard of how compassionate she dealt with her mother-in-law and being faithful to her late husband
What is a threshing floor? What did Naomi ask Ruth to do before and at the threshing floor?
a solid flat land where they separate the grain from the plant 1) wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your best garment and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. Then it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies; and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you should do.
What was the custom in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging?
concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
I thank my ______, making mention of you always in my ______.
God - prayers
Why did Naomi decide to go back to Bethlehem? What name did she ask her friends to call her? Why?
she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people by giving them bread. Mara - " since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
What does glean mean? What did Ruth eat at mealtime?
gather leftover seeds/ grains after the reapers - bread, and dipped in vinegar & parched (dried) grains
What did Boaz promise Ruth to do after she talked to him at the threshing floor?
Now it is true that I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I. Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you—good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, as the Lord lives! Lie down until morning.”
Who is the son that was born to Ruth & Boaz? who is his grandson?
Obed - David the king
What did St Paul ask Philemon to receive Onesimus as?
a beloved brother
“Entreat me not to ---you, For wherever you go, I will ---; And wherever you ---, I will ---; Your --- shall be my ---, And your --, my --. Where you --, I will --, And there will I be ---. The ----do so to me, and more also,
If anything but ---parts you and me. (Ruth 1:16,17)
leave- go - lodge - people - God- die - buried - Lord - death
Till what time of the day she gleaned? What did she collect in total? How did Naomi feel when Ruth returned back? What did she tell her?
the evening - about 1 ephah of barley - was satisfied "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that people do not [e]meet you in any other field"
What verse tells us that Boaz was much older than Ruth?
Then he said, “Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich. (Ruth 3:10)
The elders wished for Boaz that his wife be like whom? What did Naomi do to the baby?
Rachel and Lea - Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him
What is St Paul willing to do on behalf of Onesimus?
pay whatever he owes to Philemon