Ruth 2:1

New Century Version

Now Naomi had a rich relative named Boaz, from Elimelech’s family.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:20

Menahem taxed Israel to pay about one and one-fourth pounds of silver to each soldier of the king of Assyria. So the king left and did not stay in the land.

Job 1:3

He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

Job 31:25

I have not celebrated my great wealth or the riches my hands had gained.

Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz. (Boaz’s mother was Rahab.) Boaz was the father of Obed. (Obed’s mother was Ruth.) Obed was the father of Jesse.

Luke 3:32

David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was the son of Obed. Obed was the son of Boaz. Boaz was the son of Salmon. Salmon was the son of Nahshon.

Ruth 1:2

So a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons. His wife was named Naomi, and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathahites from Bethlehem in Judah. When they came to Moab, they settled there.

Ruth 2:2

One day Ruth, the Moabite, said to Naomi, “I am going to the fields. Maybe someone will be kind enough to let me gather the grain he leaves behind.” Naomi said, “Go, my daughter.”

Ruth 3:12

It is true that I am a relative who is to take care of you, but you have a closer relative than I.

Ruth 3:2

Now Boaz, whose young women you worked with, is our close relative. Tonight he will be working at the threshing floor.

Ruth 4:21

Salmon was the father of Boaz, who was the father of Obed.