John Gill's Exposition on Ruth 3:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, etc.] After the harvests were over, and so gleaning likewise; when Naomi and Ruth were together alone in their apartment, the mother addressed the daughter after this manner: my daughter, shall I not seek for thee, that it may be well with thee? that is, in the house of an husband, as in (<080109>Ruth 1:9) her meaning is, to seek out for an husband for her, that she might have an house of her own to rest in, and an husband to provide her; that so she might be free from such toil and labour she had been lately exercised in, and enjoy much ease and comfort, and all outward happiness and prosperity in a marriage state with a good husband. This interrogation carries in it the force of a strong affirmation, may suggest that she judged it to be her duty, and that she was determined to seek out such a rest for her; and the Targum makes her way of speaking stronger still, for that is, “by an oath I will not rest, until the time that I have sought a rest for thee.”

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