i know that in the bible there were different ways of doing things so i want to know what it meant when Ruth uncovered Boaz's feet and then lie at his feet. just wondering. please include refrences if you can.
2007-04-18 17:52:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hi, I am back...
I have a link to a PDF document that may help you...
http://www.lookstein.org/retrieve.php?ID=1079305
I hope it helps, it is too much to copy and paste...
2007-04-18 17:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Naomi instructed Ruth to uncover Boaz's feet. But to "uncover" was also a term which meant to expose or make naked. Ruth removed Boaz's covering over his feet. I had to rewrite this because I was tired and was not thinking. But, by lifting the covering off of his feet, it was a sign to Boaz that Ruth was interested in him. It was very uncustomary and inappropriate for a woman do to such a thing in that culture. The word "uncover" carries sometimes the act of something "shameful".
2007-04-18 19:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ruth did this as Naomi asked her too! It was customary, in those days, for a kinsman to take in a widow..."brother's keeper." Well, Naomi was kin to Boaz and so, she sent Ruth to find favor with Boaz so he would consider being the kinsman. After all, Boaz did have an eye for Ruth and I think Naomi knew he was more than attracted to her widowed daughter-in-law. Boaz did indeed agree to take them in as kinsman; however, he and Ruth ended up married and provided Naomi with more children...God restored what Naomi lost through Ruth and Boaz. Awesome historical Book!
By the way, Naomi told Ruth to lay at his feet. Ruth obeyed, as she always had.
2007-04-18 18:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ruth instructed by her mother in law lieth at Booz's feet, claiming him for her husband by the law of affinity: she receiveth a good answer, and six measures of barley.
2007-04-18 18:09:55 · answer #4 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think lying at his feet meant she was under his control. I heard on some TV show (probably the History channel) that she told him he 'drank milk from her' (which meant had sex) so culturally, he was pressured to marry her.
2007-04-18 18:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋