A kinsman - More literally “an acquaintance”; this term, used here (and in its feminine form in Ruth 3:2), denotes a person with whom one is…

Boaz. —It has been already said that if there are any gaps in the genealogy, these are most probably to be referred to its earlier…

And Naomi has a kinsman of her husband's
That was her kinsman by her husband's side, who now lived at Bethlehem; and…

Observe Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she cheerfully stoops to her lot. Proud individuals would rather starve than stoop; but…