Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem; and, through the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman, may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.” (Ruth 4:11-12, NRSV)
So Boaz acquired the land and Ruth as his wife and a blessing from the elders who witnessed the transaction.
That as they witnessed the deal, they blessed Ruth to be as a woman like Rachel and Leah who built the house of Israel, and like the house of Perez. A rich house filled with children.
And may Ruth be like Leah and Rachel who built the house of Israel…
Ruth is the great-grandmother of David, who is the forefather of Jesus the savior of the world!
This woman truly had a hand in the building of a nation!
How do we help spread the news of God in our lives?
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