Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Boaz addresses Ruth in the barley fields immediately after she asks why he would notice a foreigner. He responds to her inquiry by recounting the reports he has received about her recent conduct.
The words — הֻגּד (hu.Gad) means "it has been told" or "I have been made aware," showing Boaz bases his knowledge on external reports. עָשׂית (a.Sit) translates as "you have done," anchoring the exchange to Ruth's specific actions rather than her identity.
The thread — Leaving one's birthplace and family for a new community appears in Ruth 1:14 where Ruth clings to Naomi after Orpah departs, and in Luke 18:29 where Jesus identifies leaving home or relatives as a recognized act of devotion.
Why it lands — The text records Boaz acknowledging Ruth's practical departure from her native land and her integration into an unfamiliar people. It requires the reader to assess faithfulness by observable choices rather than by social origin or comfort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Cross-references
- Luke 14:33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 18:29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
- Ruth 1:14 Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
- Psalms 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Psalms 45:10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Luke 5:11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
- Ruth 1:11 But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
- Luke 5:23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.