Ruth 3:10

Blessed be thou. The first words of Boaz express his high esteem for Ruth and the favor with which he looks upon her request. Moreover, he invokes the blessing of God and expresses his desire that the proposal of Ruth be carried out in harmony with the will of God.

My daughter. The form of address Boaz used in speaking to Ruth when they first met (ch. 2:8), probably based on some considerable difference of age between the two of them.

Shewed more kindness. Boaz graciously accepts Ruth’s proposal as an act of kindness toward himself, whereas what Ruth asked for was in reality an act of kindness and mercy toward her and her deceased husband. By this statement Boaz removed any measure of embarrassment Ruth may have felt from taking the initiative in proposing marriage. Boaz denies any reluctance on his part to carry out the proposal.

At the beginning. That is, toward Naomi.

Followedst not young men. Boaz was obviously no longer a young man himself. Before Boaz had known who Ruth was, at the beginning of the harvest season, he had spoken of her as a na‘arah, a “young girl” (ch. 2:5, 6). The townsfolk of Bethlehem later used the same term of her at the time of her marriage to Boaz (ch. 4:12). The fact that a young woman of her years would look upon him, a man probably well advanced in middle life, greatly impressed Boaz.