Phrasing of Ruth 4:13-22
Ruth 4:13-22
God redeems Naomi - and all Israel - through the son of Boaz and Ruth.
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Published April 11th, 2019
4:13-22
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4:13-22
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Ruth 4:13-22
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So Boaz took Ruth,
and she became his wife.
Result
And he went in
to her,
Destination
and the Lord gave her conception,
and she bore a son.
Then the women said
to Naomi,
“Blessed be the Lord,
Content #1
who has not left you this day
without a redeemer,
Accompaniment
and may his name be renowned
Content #2
in Israel!
Locative
He shall be to you a restorer
Content #3a
of life
Objective
and a nourisher
Content #3b
of your old age,
Reference
for your daughter- in- law ... has given birth to him.”
Ground
who loves you,
who is more to you
than seven sons,
Comparison
Then Naomi took the child
and laid him
on her lap
and became his nurse.
And the women ... gave him a name,
of the neighborhood
Partitive
saying,
Means
“A son has been born
Content
to Naomi.”
Advantage
They named him Obed.
He was the father
of Jesse,
Relationship
the father
Explanation
of David.
Now these are the generations
of Perez:
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Ram,
Ram fathered Amminadab,
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Nahshon fathered Salmon,
Salmon fathered Boaz,
Boaz fathered Obed,
Obed fathered Jesse,
and Jesse fathered David.
I'm not sure if this should be coordinate with 14c, or with 14d.
There is a distinction between Manner and Means (see Step 8.2).
This is like a relative phrase, so I've chosen the same relationship label.
"Give birth to" is a phrasal verb.
Destination is another possibility.
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Head: The emphasis on a son being born "to Naomi " (17e) shows that this story is about God being faithful to Naomi . See Ruth 1:9 and 1:20-21, how God answered Naomi's prayer and showed his faithfulness to her. Heart: The one whose name should "be renowned" (14g) is Ruth's son, as is made clear by 15. Is he not a picture of Christ, the greater son of Ruth? His name will be renowned globally , as Psalm 72:12-15 says, for his rescue of the poor (like Boaz and his son!). Should we not seek to spread his fame? Hands: Ruth's bearing of a son was a direct result of the Lord's giving her conception (13f). The narrator, in an almost offhand way, explains that Obed was David's grandfather (17g-j), and emphasizes the point in 18-22. How did God bring about the marriage of Boaz and Ruth, from whom would come David and a greater David? By working in the background . So shouldn't we trust in God, even though he is in the background of our lives? Trust in his proven character as a defender of the widows, as a lifter-up of the weak and needy. See Hannah's prayer of rejoicing (another previously barren woman!) in 1 Samuel 2:1-10.
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