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Ruth bint Egion, King of Moab
- Preferred Name: Ruth bint Egion, King of Moab[1]
- Alternate Name: רות
- Alternate Name: Ruth the Moabitess
- Alternate Name: Ruth daughter of Egion of Moab
- Gender: F
- FSID: LK5Q-TGJ
- Death: ABT 1163 BC in Jerusalem, Judah, Israel at LATI: N1.7804 LONG: E5.2177 with note: standardized
- Birth: 1256 BC in Moab, Jordan at LATI: N1 LONG: E6
- Nationality: Moab
- Residence: in Bethlehem, Judea, Roman Empire at LATI: N1.75 LONG: E5
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Ruth (/ruːθ/; Hebrew: רוּת, Modern: Rūt, Tiberian: Rūṯ) is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. In the narrative, she is not an Israelite but rather is from Moab; she marries an Israelite. Both her husband and her father-in-law die, and she helps her mother-in-law, Naomi, find protection. The two of them travel to Bethlehem together, where Ruth wins the love of Boaz through her kindness. She is one of five women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew, alongside Tamar, Rahab, the "wife of Uriah" (Bathsheba), and Mary. Book of Ruth Elimelech, a man of Bethlehem-Judah, with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, went in time of famine and sojourned in the land of Moab. There Elimelech died, and the two sons married, Mahlon taking Ruth as his wife, and Chilion taking Orpah—both women of Moab, where both sons likewise died. Naomi heard that the famine in Judah had passed, and determined to return home. Ruth, in spite of the dissuasion of Naomi, accompanied her mother-in-law to Bethlehem. The two women arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest in a state of dire poverty. Elimelech had an inheritance of land among his brethren, but Naomi will be compelled to sell it unless she can find a Goel, that is, a kinsman of Elimelech who could assert Elimelech's inheritance rights. Elimelech had a prosperous relative in Bethlehem whose name was Boaz, and who, like others, was engaged in the harvest. Naomi sent Ruth to glean in his fields, and, after he had spoken kindly to her and shown her some favors, she, still acting upon the advice of her mother-in-law, approached Boaz at night and put herself in his power. Boaz was attracted to her, but informed her that there was a kinsman nearer than he who had the first right to redeem the estate of Elimelech and that it would be necessary for this kinsman to renounce his right before Boaz could proceed in the matter. Accordingly he called this kinsman to the gate of the city before the elders and told him of Ruth's situation and his right to redeem the estate and to marry Ruth. The kinsman declared that he did not desire to do so and drew off his shoe in token that he had renounced his rights in favor of Boaz. Boaz bought the estate from Naomi and married Ruth. Ruth and Boaz became the parents of Obed, who became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Book of Ruth -
Chapter 1 describes the life of Elimelech and his family in Moab. After the death of their husbands, Naomi and Ruth went to Bethlehem.
Chapter 2 Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz.
Chapter 3 Naomi instructs Ruth to go to the threshing floor and lie at the feet of Boaz.
Chapter 4 Ruth’s marriage to Boaz.
Wikipedia: Ruth and רות.
The Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi and Elimelech, who were Jews. After the death of her husband, Ruth married Naomi’s kinsman Boaz. Their son Obed was the ancestor of David and Jesus. The story of Ruth beautifully illustrates the conversion of a non-Jew into the fold of Israel. Ruth gave up her former god and former life to unite with the household of faith in serving the God of Israel (Ruth 1: 16).
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Ruth bat EGLON of MOAB
Her descent from Moab Kings may have helped legitimize the Kingship of her gt-grandson David; also known as Aroof bat LOT.
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/ruth-midrash-and-aggadah#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20midrash%2C%20Ruth,Ruth%20Zuta%204%3A13).
https://www.gotquestions.org/Boaz-Ruth-and-the-Law.html
Fact: Kinship in Israel by Covenant
The book of Ruth recounts the story of Ruth, a Moabite, who moved to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law Naomi (Ruth 1:19). While there, Ruth met Naomi’s relative Boaz (2:3), whom she eventually married.
Freemasons Version of Boaz & Ruth
AAs masons we know much of our ritual revolves around the building of King Solomon’s Temple which occurred about 3,000 years ago. The story of Ruth took place three generations before the building of
=== Bio ===
Quem era Rute? Ela era uma moabita que deixou para trás seus deuses e sua terra para se tornar adoradora de Jeová em Israel. O que ela fez? Rute demonstrou grande amor por sua sogra, Noemi. Noemi, seu marido e seus dois filhos tinham se mudado para Moabe por causa de uma fome que estava acontecendo em Israel. Mais tarde, os filhos dela se casaram com mulheres moabitas, Rute e Orpa. Só que, algum tempo depois, o marido de Noemi e os dois filhos dela morreram, deixando as três mulheres viúvas. Noemi decidiu voltar para Israel, já que a seca tinha acabado. Rute e Orpa também queriam ir com ela. Mas Noemi pediu que elas retornassem para as suas famílias. Orpa fez isso. (Rute 1:1-6, 15) Por outro lado, Rute se apegou lealmente a sua sogra. Ela amava a Noemi e queria adorar o Deus dela, Jeová. — Rute 1:16, 17; 2:11. Por ser uma nora leal e muito trabalhadora, em pouco tempo Rute criou uma boa reputação na cidade de Noemi, Belém. Um rico proprietário de terras chamado Boaz ficou muito impressionado com Rute e generosamente providenciou alimento para ela e Noemi. (Rute 2:5-7, 20) Mais tarde, Rute se casou com Boaz e se tornou antepassada tanto do rei Davi como de Jesus Cristo. — Mateus 1:5, 6, 16.
=== History ===
Chapter 4
The nearest relative declines, and Boaz takes Ruth to wife—Ruth bears Obed, through whom came David the king.
1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Eglon ben Balak, King of Moabites and Amalikites, b. ABT 1360 BC in Dibon, Kingdom of Moab, Jordan
Mother: Eglon bat Jehozbad, b. 1295 BC in Moab, Jordan
Family 1: Mahlon ben Elimelech, b. 1260 BC in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine d. in Moab
- m. 1225 v. Chr. in Moab, Jordan
Family 2: Boaz ben Salmon, b. 1286 BC in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine d. AFT 1200 BC in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine
- m. ABT 1204 BC in Bethlehem, Judah, Israel
- Obed ben Boaz, b. ABT 1203 BC in Judea, Roman Empire d. 1080 BC in Judah, Israel
Sources:
- Title: Fontes Casamento: Ruth, 4:13 : http://www.topchretien.com/topbible/view/bible/&livre=00008&chapitre=4&version=00001
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