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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:3 — KJV
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Ruth 2:3
King James Version (KJV)
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Ruth 2:3
Verse 3 of 23
Commentary
Commentary on Ruth 2:3
Theological / DevotionalHer hap. Or, “she happened” (RSV), literally, “chanced her chance.” Providence guided Ruth to the field of Boaz, one of her deceased husbands’s near relatives (chs. 2:1; 3:2, 12, 13). How often, if we but knew, the circumstances and experiences of life that seem to “happen” to us are in reality providential (see Ps. 27:13, 14; DA 224, 330, 668). God is interested in us personally and individually.
The field. That is, the entire cultivated area around Bethlehem — all the fields, whether belonging to Boaz or other townsfolk. The Hebrew word thus translated is more general in nature than the English word “field.” In ch. 1:1, 2, 6, 22, it is translated “country” (see on Deut. 14:22).
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