i need a summary of the chaper of ruth in the bible?

Question

details are good! i just need liek a 1 page summary...

Answer 1

The whole Book of Ruth is only 4 chapters.
Read it. You will do a better job than me.

Answer 2

A Moabites who married Mahlom after the death of his father Elimelech and while Mahlon his mother Naomi and his brother Chilion were living in Moab, a famine having provided the family the occasion to leave their native Bethlehem in Judah. Ruth's brother in law Chilion was married to the Moabites Orpah. Eventually the two brothers died, leaving behind childless widows. Learning that Jehovah's favor was again manifest in Israel, Naomi, accompanied her two daughters-in-law, proceeded to return to Judah.
Orpah returned to her people and Ruth stuck with Naomi. She had deep love for Naomi and a deep desire to serve Jehovah. Being widows the government provided for them by allowing them to glean from the fields when the farmers were done with their crops..the farmers were to leave some on the edges for widows and orphans. Ruth went to ask the owner if she could glean when she saw it was a relative of her father in law, Boaz. She was there at the request of Boaz for the barley and the wheat harvest. He gave her roasted grain as well but she continued to work hard.
Naomi requested Ruth to ask Boaz to repurchase her. Naomi wanted Ruth to find a home. Ruth went to the threshing floor...uncovered Boaz's feet and lay down at his feet. Boaz viewed her actions as being completely virtuous is evident from his reaction. Blessed you may be of Jehovah my daughter for not going after the young men.
Ruth chose Boaz because he was a repurchaser. Because she married Boaz Ruth became mother to a son Obed and an ancestree of King David and of Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

Ruth -- a foreigner. She and Orpah -- also a foreigner -- married into the same family. Both women became widowed at very young ages. Because each married into that particular tribe (instead of being born into it), they were each free to leave and head for their own homelands upon the death of their husbands.

Orpah did leave. Ruth determined to stay by her mother-in-law's side and made the beautiful proclamation of "wherever you go, I will go....wherever you live, so shall I live...." More importantly she made the tribe her home ("your people will be my people...") and she adopted the faith of the Hebrews ("...and your God will be my God, too.").

Later she married Boaz -- and became either the grandmother or great-grandmother of King David -- from who's line Jesus was to come.

Answer 4

What? Why would you need that? What are these crazy teachers making you do. I thought religion is to follow and believe, you don't need to read the bible or memorize it, just as long as you follow it. A summary on the chapter of Ruth! My God!

Answer 5

Author: The Book of Ruth does not specifically name its author. The tradition is that the Book of Ruth was written by the Prophet Samuel.



Date of Writing: This exact date the Book of Ruth was written is uncertain. However, the prevalent view is a date between 1011 and 931 B.C.



Purpose of Writing: The Book of Ruth was written to the Israelites. It teaches that genuine love at times may require uncompromising sacrifice. Regardless of our lot in life, we can live according to the precepts of God. Genuine love and kindness will be rewarded. God abundantly blesses those who seek to live obedient lives. Obedient living does not allow for "accidents" in God's plan. God extends mercy to the merciful.



Key Verses: Ruth 1:16, "But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."

Ruth 3:9, "'Who are you?' he asked. 'I am your servant Ruth,' she said. 'Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.'"

Ruth 4:17, "The women living there said, 'Naomi has a son.' And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David."



Brief Summary: The setting for the Book of Ruth begins in the heathen country of Moab, a region northeast of the Dead Sea, but then moves to Bethlehem. This true account takes place during the dismal days of failure and rebellion of the Israelites, called the period of the Judges. A famine forces Elimelech and his wife Naomi from their Israelite home to the country of Moab. Elimelech dies and Naomi is left with her 2 sons, who soon marry 2 Moabite girls, Orpah and Ruth. Later both of the sons die, and Naomi is left alone with Orpah and Ruth in a strange land. Orpah returns to her parents, but Ruth determines to stay with Naomi as they journey to Bethlehem. This story of love and devotion tells of Ruth's eventual marriage to a wealthy man named Boaz, by whom she bears a son, Obed, who becomes the grandfather of David and the ancestor of Jesus. Obedience brings Ruth into the privileged lineage of Christ.



Practical Application: Check out Matthew 1:5 and you will find that Boaz is the son of the prostitute Rahab. Ruth was a despised foreigner married to the son of a prostitute - but she was an ancestor of Jesus Christ. These kind of things happen in the Bible. And we should be blessed that they do. We have the Master-weaver that has a place in His plan for each of us.



Recommended Resources: NIV Application Commentary Judges/Ruth by K. Lawson Younger.

Answer 6

The book of Ruth is about an ordinary family who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. Elimelech moves his two sons and wife Naomi from Bethlehem, Judah to Moab during a time of famine. Their two sons marry Moabite women Orpah and Ruth (Ruth רוּת means "Compassion", Standard Hebrew Rut, Tiberian Hebrew Rûṯ). Over a period of ten years, the men of the family die, leaving their three widows. Naomi resolves to return to her homeland and urges her two daughters-in-law to return to their Moabite families. Orpah listens to Naomi’s urgings, but Ruth pledges her undying devotion to her mother-in-law (Ruth 1:16-17). Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem during the time of the barley harvest.

In order to provide food for the two women, Ruth receives permission to glean in the fields of Boaz, Naomi’s kinsman. Naomi sends Ruth to ask protection from Boaz, who is a close relative. Boaz is attracted to Ruth, but informs her that there is a closer kinsman who has the first right to redeem the estate of Elimelech. It is necessary for the closer kinsman to renounce his right before Boaz can proceed in the matter. Accordingly, Boaz meets with the closer kinsman and tells the kinsman of his right to redeem the estate and to marry Ruth. The kinsman does not want to marry Ruth, nor would he want to yield Elimelech's property back to a child born from the union. The closer kinsman takes off his shoe and hands it to Boaz which was the ritual way of showing that he waived his right to Elimelech’s property.

Boaz follows through on a plan to grant security (redemption) to the two women. Boaz marries Ruth and their child, Obed, is “born to Naomi” (Ruth 4:17) which indicates that Elimelech’s line is continued and Naomi is blessed by Obed’s birth. The genealogy that concludes the book of Ruth climaxes with the wonderful disclosure that Ruth of Moab is the great-grandmother of King David.

Answer 7

Well the whole story of Ruth is centered around love and fidelity so take it from there, and all the best.