Ruth 4:1-22
Key Verse 14-15
1
[1-4b] When and where did Boaz go (1; 3:13a)? Why (3:13,18)? What did he say to the
guardian-redeemer (2b-4b)? In what setting (2a)?
2
[4c-8] What did the guardian-redeemer decide
(4c)? What’s the implication of this decision (5)? How did he change his
decision (6a)? Why(6a)? How firm was his decision (6b-8)? Discuss the risk of
redeeming (Lev 25:25-28-30).
3
[9-10] To whom and what did Boaz announce
(9)? What was the reason for his decision (10a)? Discuss the risks that Boaz
took, and the reason why Boaz carried out this transaction in this legal
setting (4a, 9; Cf. 3:11b-12, 13b)?
4
[11-12] How did the elders and all the people
bless Naomi and Boaz (11,12)? Discuss the impact of Boaz’s decision on the town’s
people and their perspective.
5
[13-17] When Boaz took Ruth as his wife,
what happened (13)? What did the women come
to understand through the birth of the child (14a)? What’s their prayer
(14b-15)? Discuss what might be the impact of the birth of Obed for Naomi. When
Naomi cared for the child, what did the women named him and why (16-17; Obed
means ‘servant’; a short form of Obadiah)?
6
[18-22] Discuss the significance of the
faiths of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz on the history following them and God’s role
and purpose in it. Discuss what this genealogy reveals particularly in regard to
the way how God keeps his promise of salvation (Cf. 1 Chr 2:5-15; Mat 1:3-6;
Luke 3:31-33).
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