Ruth 4:16

“And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.”

My Notes

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom,.... As a token of her most tender love and affection for it; this it…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Naomi took the child - This might do for Naomi, but it was bad for the child. A child, unless remarkably healthy and…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ruth 4:13-22

Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Rut 4:13),…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

took the child, and laid it in her bosom to shew that she adopted the child of Ruth as her own; cf. the phrase -born…