The similarity of expression here to Genesis 15:1, and in Ruth 2:11 to Genesis 12:1, makes it probable that Boaz had the case of Abraham in his min…

Boaz prays that God will recompense Ruth’s dutifulness to her mother-in-law, and all the more because she herself has put herself under His protect…

The Lord recompense your work
The Targum adds, in this world; meaning the kind offices she had performed, and the go…

The devout and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly people in Israel. Such language as this is rarely heard in ou…