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Ruth 1:22

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So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

KJV

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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This verse in Ruth 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

In the beginning of barley harvest - This was in the beginning of spring, for the barley harvest began immediately after the passover, and that feast was held on the 15th of the month Nisan, which corresponds nearly with our March. The Targum says, “They came to Beth-lehem on that day in which the children of Israel began to mow the sheaf of barley which was to be waved before the Lord.” This circumstance is the more distinctly marked, because of Ruth’s gleaning, mentioned in the succeeding chapter.

This site's exposition

So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess

The closing clause sets the season, "the beginning of the barley harvest". That is when the gleaning law of Leviticus 19:9 comes into play and chapter 2 can begin. Matthew 1:5 puts this woman in the genealogy of Christ in the same verse as Rahab.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

all the city was moved about them--The present condition of Naomi, a forlorn and desolate widow, presented so painful a contrast to the flourishing state of prosperity and domestic bliss in which she had been at her departure.

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The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתָּ֣שָׁבand she returned

    vatashovH7725 →1056 times

  • נָעֳמִ֗יNaomi

    noomiH5281 →21 times

  • וְר֨וּתand Ruth

    verutH7327 →12 times

  • הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הthe Moabite [woman]

    hamoaviyahH4125 →16 times

  • כַלָּתָהּ֙daughter-in-law her

    khalatahH3618 →34 times

  • עִמָּ֔הּ[was] with her

    ʾimahH5973 →1050 times

  • הַשָּׁ֖בָהwho returned

    hashavahH7725 →1056 times

  • מִשְּׂדֵ֣יfrom [the] region<s> of

    misedeiH7704 →334 times

  • מוֹאָ֑בMoab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • וְהֵ֗מָּהand they

    vehemahH1992 →

  • בָּ֚אוּthey came

    bauH935 →2568 times

  • בֵּ֣יתBeth-

    beitH1035 →82 times

  • לֶ֔חֶם-lehem

    lechemH1035 →82 times

  • בִּתְחִלַּ֖תat [the] beginning of

    bitchilatH8462 →

  • קְצִ֥יר[the] harvest of

    ketzirH7105 →54 times

  • שְׂעֹרִֽים׃barley<s>

    seorimH8184 →34 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 1:5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,6 worksRuth 2:23So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.5 worksRuth 2:6The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.5 works2 Samuel 21:9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.4 worksExodus 9:31(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;4 works

Where this verse connects

1 approved connection.

  • Bookends: the same words open and close

    Ruth 1:1

    BOOK/PERICOPE. Ruth's opening frame: leaving Bethlehem for Moab (1:1) mirrored by returning from Moab to Bethlehem (1:22) - the 'empty then return' hinge.

    Source: E. F. Campbell, Ruth

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ruth 2:23

    So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 6:1–3

      Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:33

      Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

    • Proverbs 13:1

      A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

    • Proverbs 13:20

      He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

    • Deuteronomy 16:9

      You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 21:9

    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 24:3–4

      Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

    • 2 Samuel 6:17

      So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

    • 2 Samuel 6:21

      But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate…

Where this verse is studied

About Ruth

Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ruth: the study guide →Read Ruth 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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