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BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 16

Of the Old Testament

The Jewish Age

The Exodus to the Coronation

396 Years; Ex. 14 to 1 Sam. 10

PERIOD OF CONQUEST

(References in Ruth)

NAOMI—MY DELIGHT; PLEASANT; BEAUTIFUL

1.      Where was her original home (1:1b)?

2.      To whom was she married (1:2)?

A.     Who were her sons (1:2)?

B.     Give the meaning of Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion. [God is my King; Infirmity; Finished and Completed]

3.      Why did her family leave Bethlehem (1:1a)?

A.     What was their destination (1: 1b)?

B.     What happened to Naomi's husband (1:3)?

4.      Whom did Naomi's sons marry (1:4)?

A.     Were these marriages a grief to Naomi (Deut. 7:1-3; Ex. 23:32-33; 34:16; 1 Kings 11:1-2)?

B.     Tell what happened to her sons ten years later (1:5).

C.    What did Naomi decide to do after losing her sons (1:6-7)?

D.    Did Naomi want Ruth and Orpah to go with her (1:8-9)?

E.     How did she reason with them (1:11-13)?

F.     *Relate the touching appeal Ruth makes to her daughters-in-law (1:8-14).

5.      Why did Naomi plan to return to Bethlehem 1:6)?

6.      What happened when Naomi arrived in Bethlehem (1: 19)?

A.     When did she and Ruth reach Bethlehem (1:22)?

B.     How did she describe her feeling of loss 1:20, 21)?

C.    What did she want to be called and what was the meaning (1:20-21)?

D.    Name Naomi's kinsmen (2:1).

E.     Who cared for Naomi in Bethlehem (2:17-18)?

F.     Whom did Naomi praise when she found out where Ruth had worked (2:20)?

G.    What was it that Naomi wanted to do for Ruth (3:1)?

H.     What did she advise her to do (3:3-4)?

I.         Which great blessing did God bestow on Naomi (4:13)?

J.      According to her neighbors, to whom was this son born (4:17, Deut. 25:5-6)?

K.     Who took care of the child (4:16)?

ORPAH—NECK; MAIN

1.      Who was she and from what country (1:4)?

2.      From whom did she descend (Gen. 19:36, 37)?

3.      Whose wife was she (1:5a; 4:9, 10; 4:10 shows whose wife she was not.)?

A.     How long did she live with him 1:4c, 5a)?

B.     Was this marriage pleasing to God (Deut. 7:1-3)?

C.    What happened to her husband (1:5)?

D.    Where did she want to go after her husband died (1:7-10)?

E.     Was she fully converted to the teaching of God (1:15)?

F.     What was the chief thing in her mind (1:9s, 11-13)?

G.    In a marriage, should the companion or God have the preeminence?

4.      Tell of the heart-rending separation of Orpah and Naomi (1:9, 10).

A.     Did Orpah go to Bethlehem, Judah (1:14)?

B.     Did Orpah want to leave Naomi (1:14)?

C.    Where did she go (1:15)?

5.      In returning to her people, what did she have in common with Lot (Gen. 19:16, 17)?

RUTH—FEMALE COMPANION, FRIEND

1.      Who was she (1:3-4)? ( Moabites—descendent of Lot—Gen. 19:36-37; Neh. 13:1-3)

2.      What was the name of her husband (4: 10)?

A.     About how long were they married (1:4-5)?

B.     Who was her well-known mother-in-law (1:2)?

C.    What was her first sad experience (1:5a)?

3.      Did Ruth return to her people, after her husband died (1:14)?

A.     Where did she want to go (1:16-17)?

B.     What was the supreme test of her faith in God (1:8, 9)?

4.      When did Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem (1:22)?

A.     Where did Ruth want to go and why (2:2)?

B.     In whose field did she want to gather (2:3, Deut 24:19-22)?

C.    What instruction had God given to reapers of any field (Lev. 19:9, 10)?

D.    What did Boaz' servants have to say of her (2:5-7)?

5.      Boaz told Ruth to gather on his field only. What was her reaction (2:10)?

A.     How did she find favor with Boaz (2:11)?

B.     Who was to recompense Ruth for her deeds (2:12)?

6.      Ruth was invited to eat with Boaz's servants. For whom did she save food (2:18)?

A.     To whom did Ruth give report of all things that happened (2:19)?

B.     What did Naomi want to do for her daughter-in-law (3:1)?

C.    Did Ruth obey her words (3:2-5)?

D.    What did Ruth do (3:6-8)?

E.     How did Ruth identify herself (3:9)?

7.      What did Boaz say that she was called by people and why (3:11)?

A.     Where did Ruth lie until morning (3:14a)?

B.     What did Boaz ask Ruth do, before light (3:14b)?

C.    What did Ruth tell Naomi upon her return (3:16-17)?

8.      Who was purchased to be Boaz' wife (4:13)?

9.      At the gate of the city, how did Boaz seek to redeem the inheritance (4:1-5)?

A.     What prevented the nearest kinsman from redeeming it (4:6)?

B.     *Now tell how Boaz redeemed it (4:7-10).

C.    *Relate the law that governed this procedure (Deut. 25:5-10)?

D.    What benediction did the court pronounce upon Boaz (4:11, 12)?

10. What was said of Ruth by other women (4:15)?

11. What benediction is pronounced upon Naomi (4:14, 15)?

12. Name the son Ruth bore Boaz (4:17)?

A.     Whose grandfather was he (4:17)?

B.     In whose lineage was Obed (Matt. 1:5, 16)?

POINTS TO CONSIDER:

1.      What do you think of Naomi as a mother-in-law?

2.      What may be said of Ruth as a daughter-in-law (2:11; 4:15b)?

3.      What do you think of her purity of life (3:10)?

4.      What do you think of her willingness to work?

5.      What does the Apostle Paul say of idle women (1 Tim. 5:13)?

6.      Show how she was ever true to her immortal saying (1:16, 17).

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