Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

7. Thcn BOOX addressed Ruth very kindly, and shid : " HCM
m, clmgl~tcr : Kccy with my nillids, pncl fi)llow \vlicro they
reap. I have chnrgccl nyf young nlcn not to lllolcst thcc.
Arld if thou art thirsly, go to the vessels :uld clrii~k of the
waters whereof thc scrvan ts think, nn (l dip tll y IYIOL'P~?~ in tl~e
vincgnr." Pull of gmtitudc fbr tllcsc 1:iiicl ~~ortls, Rut11 bc!iit
down bcforc Hooz nl~d askcd how it canic that dlc, n woman
of another country, should find Savor in his sight.
8. 1300~ told her thnt all she had done for her mother-in-
Ix\\. since t11e death of her I~usbuld, had been related to him.
Ilc pmyod: " 1GI:lyest tllou receive a full reward of the Lorcl,
undc!r ~vllosc! ~vings tl~ou art flad." IIe tllen privately told
tile reapers: " 1,rt fill1 somc? of your huidfuls of yu~.yosc,
tl.tat sshc lnny gnthor thcin tvitl~ont t;l~:ul~e." She glcnncrl,
thcrefbre, in the iiclcl till cvcning, and then beat out wit11 n
rod what she had gleancd, which vlas rLn ephi : that is, three
Z)ud~els. Grateful for the liindncss shown hcr, die returnc!d
to her mofl~er-in-lair., carrying 1vit.11 bcr thc h~rley she had
threshed, and the lcarings of tIlc n~o:ll thnt hat1 been given
her. Noerr~i asfitotiisbcd, and nslced : " lVllc?re ]last tilou
glcanc?d to-day, and whcrc hnst thou mrouglit ? Iilcssed Le
11c that hns had pily on theo." Rut11 told tile man's niulle,
Ulnt hc was call(?d Boox.
9. Next day shc rcturnod to thc ficltl of Boos, and continncd
to dean after the rcnpers, till all thc Barley was laid up in
the barns. Some tiinc aftcr, Hooz snitl to Rut11 : " &Jy daug11tcr,
a11 the people lliat dwell within tho gales of my city
Itnow tllilt thou art a virtuous woman.?' So he mnrriccl ]]cr.
Tlicn thc nnaitmts carno and said to Hooz : '' May this wornnn
bc nn cxainple of virtue ki Ephrhtn, and may sl~c 11avc n
f~n~ous name in Rothluhenl." Tllc Lord blossctl their union,
ntxl gmro them n son, m11o1r1 Bey callc(1 Ohrd. Tl~cn PJoemi,
full of joy, tn1:ing tlic child, laid it in her bosom, ancl she
carried it, and was n nurse to it. Now, Obctl IVRS the father
of Isai, whose son was Dnvid, of whose race Christ was
born.