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Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 2:11

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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Boaz replied, "Everything has been told me that thou hast done to (את, prep. as in Zac 7:9; Sa2 16:17) thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband, that thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and thy kindred, and hast come to a people that thou knewest not heretofore" (hast therefore done what God commanded Abraham to do, Gen 12:1). "The Lord recompense thy work, and let thy reward be perfect (recalling Gen 15:1) from the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to seek refuge under His wings!" For this figurative expression, which is derived from Deu 32:11, compare Psa 91:4; Psa 36:8; Psa 57:2. In these words of Boaz we see the genuine piety of a true Israelite. Ruth 2:13
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