Ruth 3:17 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Ruth 3:17

15 Also he said, “Bring the¹ shawl that is on you and hold it.” And when she held it, he measured six ephahs of barley, and laid it on her. Then² she went into the city.

16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said,¹ “Is that you, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her.

17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

18 Then she said, ^a“Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.”

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Ruth

RUTH is properly a supplement to the preceding book, to which, in fact, it was appended in the ancient Jewish canon. Although it relates an episode belonging to the time of the Judges, its precise date is unknown. It appears certain, however, that it could not have been written prior to the time of Samuel (see Ruth 4:17-22), who is generally supposed to have been its author; and this opinion, in addition to other reasons on which it rests, is confirmed by Ruth 4:7, where it is evident that the history was not compiled till long after the transactions recorded. The inspiration and canonical authority of the book is attested by the fact of Ruth's name being inserted by Matthew in the Saviour's genealogy [Matthew 1:5].

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