Boaz

Boaz (Person)· Booz

Father

Salmon

Spouse

Ruth

Children

Obed

• Βοόζ·Boaz
• בֹּ֫עַז·Boaz

Includes 10 verses that refer to Boaz without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Ruth 2:1
   Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
2. Ruth 2:3
   So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
3. Ruth 2:4
   Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
4. Ruth 2:5
   And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
5. Ruth 2:8
   Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
6. Ruth 2:9Referred to, not named
   Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
7. Ruth 2:10Referred to, not named
   At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
8. Ruth 2:11
   Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
9. Ruth 2:14
   At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
10. Ruth 2:15
    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
11. Ruth 2:19
    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
12. Ruth 2:20Referred to, not named
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
13. Ruth 2:23
    So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
14. Ruth 3:2
    Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
15. Ruth 3:7
    After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
16. Ruth 4:1
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
17. Ruth 4:2Referred to, not named
    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
18. Ruth 4:3Referred to, not named
    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
19. Ruth 4:4Referred to, not named
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
20. Ruth 4:5
    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
21. Ruth 4:6Referred to, not named
    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
22. Ruth 4:8
    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
23. Ruth 4:9
    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
24. Ruth 4:10Referred to, not named
    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
25. Ruth 4:11Referred to, not named
    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
26. Ruth 4:12Referred to, not named
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
27. Ruth 4:13
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
28. Ruth 4:21
    Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
29. 1 Chronicles 2:11
    Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
30. 1 Chronicles 2:12
    Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
31. Matthew 1:5
    Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
32. Luke 3:32
    …the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,