Ruth 2:1 (DBY)

Passage

And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:3 And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naomi", "relation", "husband's", "mighty", "wealth", "family", "elimelech", and "name". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naomi" and "relation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi...", so "naomi" and "relation" should be read forward into that movement. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "naomi" and "relation" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.