And Naomi was now ready to arrange for a marriage and offspring in an unconventional way, just as Tamar, the mother of Moab, and the Israelites (more recently) did. In Judges 3, we read that the Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for 18 years.8 Since the Moabites were not Canaanites, marriage to a Moabite was not strictly forbidden.9 Nevertheless, Moabites were not only regarded as aliens or foreigners, but also as second class citizens. Marriage to a Moabite was not something one did to gain status in Israel. Only death will be able to separate me from you!. "I Have Already Written of You Thrice:" Megilat Esther and the Eternal War with Amalek, Many Can Have "Urim" - Power; But Few Have "Tumim" Power. Naomis third appeal is to Ruth alone, based on Orpahs decision to return home. endobj She seems to have little or no conviction regarding her sins, the sins of her husband, or of the sins of the nation. JETHRO (Heb. What a mighty, magnificent, merciful, awesome God we serve! 26 The way they acquired the 400 wives by wiping out Jabesh Gilead is no more noble. Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. Think of it: Naomi and her husband leave the land where God promised to bless them. Lots older daughter neatly avoided the moral implications of what she proposed. HADAD , an early Semitic god, first appears in texts written in the Old Akkadian dialect and in Eblaite (third millennium). The focus is usually on one person and not on the group. The second clue that this name is meant to be interpreted is how the verse presents it. First, she insisted that Naomi must cease urging her to turn back. and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband; deprived both of her husband and her sons, which was a great affliction, aggravated by her being in a strange country; many are the afflictions of the righteous. She has chosen to permanently leave her homeland and family and to embrace Israel, the Israelites, and Israels God as her own, forever. Obviously, Naomi had changed. Encyclopedia.com. Who were Naomis daughter in laws? 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her. The word redeem means to set free by paying a price. In the case of Ruth and Naomi, Elimelechs property had In short, Naomi is a picture of Israels spiritual condition at this point in their history. The younger daughter then did likewise and bore a son named Ammon. WebChoices bring consequences, and Elimelech's wrong choices brought death. One would have to begin by saying that these two women have a fair bit in common. And both (at least initially) were committed to staying with Naomi, even if that meant immigrating to Israel. Probably they were sickly children, and not likely to be long-lived. Ruth rejected Naomis appeal to leave her and go back to Moab, choosing instead to believe and behave like a true Israelite. The Messianic seed was often put at risk in the Old Testament. That is why some men and women will choose never to marry or to bear children. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. Ruth emphatically says No to Naomi, but with such wonderful words Naomi can hardly continue to stand in her way. Judah married a Canaanite woman, and two of his sons died because of their sin. Naomi signifies my amiable or pleasant one; Mahlon and Chilion signify sickness and consumption. WebPrevious commentary: Next commentary: About this commentary: are made available by the generosity of . They entered the region of Moab and settled there. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. Put another way, the title of this book is Ruth, not Orpah. WebWhen a severe famine struck Israel, Elimelech took his wife Naomi and their two sons across the Jordan and south to the land of Moab, in the hope of finding a living there. Can one, on the other hand, forgive and excuse his deficiencies and the damage that they bring about? The wonder is that God remained faithful to those who so easily abandoned Him. I am now inclined to believe that Ruth is an example of Romans 2:12-16. A lion approached and he fought off the lion. 3 Then Elimelech, Naomis husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. Naomi adds one final argument in favor of Orpah and Ruth returning home to Moab. After only ten years in Moab, Elimelechs sons also died. Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! They no longer have their old or former husbands because they have died. Someone reminded me that the Book of Ruth is a lot like the Book of Esther. At the very times when outward appearances look to us as though God is against us, God is at work behind the scenes for us. 3 0 obj T -6d$zA ^C(D`Ed8 BR. Naomis hope was in the physical rather than in the spiritual, in the present rather than in eternity. In such a declared emergency, she reasoned, they must take extraordinary measures. W. Moran, The Amarna Letters (1992), 326; W. Watson and N. Wyatt (eds. 4 So her sons married Moabite women. (February 22, 2023). Surely it fell short of what Ruths experience will be. And the woman was left of her two children and of her husband. How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways! Ruth 4:9 A godly Israelite would not only trust in the one true God, Yahweh, they would also know that there are no other gods. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> We know of Abimelech, son of the leader Gideon and Abimelech, the King of Gerar. If our text tells us anything about God, it is that His ways are not our ways. 15 The translations differ here. We certainly are reminded of the sovereignty of God by our text, but unfortunately most of the emphasis on Gods sovereignty in chapter 1 comes from Naomi, and she is not seeing things as she should. 37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. It purposefully draws our attention to it, for it first tells us that a man went out and then tells us that the name of the man was Elimelech. Judah (through whom the messianic line would be traced) kept his third son from a Levirate marriage with the first sons widow, and then had sex with a woman he thought was a cult prostitute.31 God not only preserved the messianic line, He was faithful to fulfill His (Abrahamic) covenant32 with Abraham. He will do what he says he will do. ; "God [or my God] is king"), the husband of *Naomi and father of Mahlon and *Chilion, from Beth-Lehem in Judah. As the story of Esther unfolds, it looks as though every Jew is doomed to annihilation, but for the providence of God, whereby Gods enemies are destroyed and His people are spared. She has no husband to father sons, and she is too old to bear children anyway. The name (Phoen. 4 The LORD said to Moses, Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the LORD in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor (Numbers 25:1-5). But I can imagine how it alarmed and frightened Naomi when Elimelech died while they were sojourning in Moab. The security in the home of a new husband referred to earlier is now spelled out in plainer terms. I remember responding to Nate, Neither do the rest of us. Well, if this is true of us, it is certainly true of the Moabites. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) A wolf approached and he fought the wolf. There are those who attempt to guild the lily as they read the Book of Ruth, desperately seeking some basis for making a pious Israelite of Naomi. As you will recall, Mrs. Perhaps one reason why the author does not make a major point out of the theme of divine judgment is because his purpose is to emphasize divine mercy, not only as God provided food for His people, but also in His providential provision of a family and a posterity for Naomi and Elimelech. We should learn from Naomi that if barrenness is ones earthly fate, our heavenly fate is vastly different. The Hebrew term Elohim is plural, but some render it god here, and others gods. Chemosh appears to be the primary Moabite god, but there may well have been others. ,), Midianite priest and father-in-law of *Moses. 20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing. At this point in time, one would not think that Naomi would be at the top of the list in the hall of faith: 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. Who was Elimelech? To her, Gods blessings should appear now, in the form of bread, an eligible bachelor (marriage), and babies. Due to the famine in Israel during the time of the Judges, Elimelech crossed over to Moab, where he and his two sons died. Following their deaths, his wife Naomi returned to Beth-Lehem together with her daughter-in-law *Ruth (Ruth 1:13; 2:1, 3; 4:3, 9). There Ruth married *Boaz, one of Elimelech's relatives. She would go where Naomi went and live where she lived. Now I should stop to say that I firmly believe in the sovereignty of God, that God is in absolute control of everything that takes place on this earth. But here is where the similarity ends. She has been convinced and turns back to her own country. Was it at Naomis initiative that her sons took Moabite women for wives? Naomi also made it clear that this was because (in her mind) God had dealt harshly with her.16 Naomi measured Gods blessing only in terms of food and of family. As the years have gone by, I may have mellowed in the terms I would use to portray Naomi, but my opinion of her has not really changed. The son of the oldest daughter was named Moab; the son of the younger daughter was named Ammon. Ruth does not cling to Naomi as a kindred spirit, but as a very needy person. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend (Isaiah 55:8-11). Naomi returned to her homeland accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law, Ruth. Had you done so, you would have been able to even withstand Gods anger (Petichta Ruth Rabbah 5). What is A person who sells flower is called? It led to a hopeless fatalism: It doesnt really matter what I say or do; God is against me, and there is nothing I can do about it.. People of faith in God often stand out in times of crisis, so let us live by the principles of Scripture, rather than by pragmatism. The tale begins not in Israel or Judah but in Moab, where the Israelite Naomi and her husband, Elimelech, and her two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, went during a famine in Judah. The word redeem means to set free by paying a price. In the case of Ruth and Naomi, Elimelechs property had either been sold or was under some kind of mortgage, and the rights to the land had passed to Ruths husband, Mahlon, when Elimelech died. Hebrews 12:6,10,11 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, Elimelech -- 'God is king', the husband of Naomi, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular, Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular, Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there, Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also, dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her, Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her, The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received, OT History: Ruth 1:3 Elimelech Naomi's husband died (Ru Rut. Such are the products of our pleasant things, weak and infirm, fading and dying. (7) Naomi does appear to have one thing right humanly speaking, Naomis chances of perpetuating her husbands line are between slim and none. In spite of the fact that Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and his two sons (Mahlon and Kilion) are living according to the spirit of their day (doing what is right in their own eyes), two people (Ruth and Boaz) stand out as examples of those who live by faith in the God of Israel, and whose lives exemplify living in accordance with Gods Word. If I have counted correctly, the term is used 48 times in the Old Testament; 9 times in the Pentateuch, 2 times in Ruth, 2 times in the Psalms, 1 time in Isaiah, 2 times in Ezekiel, 1 time in Joel, and 31 times in Job. She does not acknowledge sin on her part (and Elimelechs), and she does not seek to repent. The family, compelled to emigrate to Moab through pressure of a famine, settled for several years in that country. Now it's ironic that he left Bethlehem because he was afraid he couldn't survive there, yet he went over into Moab and died anyway. Ruth 2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. It certainly would be safer for the two women to travel together, but it is Orpah who will travel alone, not Ruth. Create a Memorial (9) What we know (and Naomi does not) is that God is about to do a wonderful thing for her, solely on the basis of His grace. Thankfully, she later confessed and returned to Israel. Now, Naomi urges both of her daughters-in-law to go back home to their own land21 and to their mothers homes22 and to find a new Moabite husband, so that they might have security.23 While God promised to bless all those who blessed Abraham and his offspring, Naomi told her daughters-in-law that to stay with her would be to share in the curse God had placed upon her.24 As the story of Ruth and Boaz unfolds, God promises are fulfilled, while Naomis warning and instructions are proven to be false. He went first from Israel, the land of the living, and led them thence, and so he now goeth out of The book of Ruth opens with a presentation of several characters. It is not Naomis belief in the sovereignty of God that troubles me as much as how she applies it. 31 Later the older daughter said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world. WebElimelech and his sons all died in Moab, leaving Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah widowed. 17 Wherever you die, I will die and there I will be buried. However, the date of retrieval is often important. The name itself is attested in the *El-Amarna letters of the 14th century b.c.e. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. One manifestation of Gods mercy, expressed through His sovereignty, is His providential working at times when there appears to be no hope. The mans name was Elimelech. 21 I left here full, but the Lord has caused me to return empty-handed. Can one dismiss the sincerity of a man of faith who fails to always live up to his convictions? If God has it in for Naomi, what woman in her right mind would want to be closely associated with her? After the death of their father, the two sons married Moabite women. She would be buried where Naomi was buried. 35 Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him? Web- And Elimelech Naomi's husband died. Naomis first attempt is described in verses 8-10. When kings ruled, My God is King, denoted not only spiritual but also political power. They arrived, in fact, just in time for the barley harvest. Elimelech of Lizhensk. Fearing they would be overrun by the Israelites, Balak (king of Moab)4 hired Balaam to curse Israel. Ezekiel (10, 3) castigates the leaders of Israel as being foxes in the ruins. Many are the times when friends counsel others to act in their own best interests, and all too seldom do they point their friends to the difficult principles and commands of Scripture. 15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. WebBecause of a severe famine in Judea, he emigrated to the land of Moab with his wife and his sons, Mahlon and Chilion. This story can be found in the book of Ruth. God has chosen to save Gentiles as well as Jews. Refer to each styles convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing. The Moabites were the result of the initiative and immorality of Lots oldest daughter. Elimelech was severely punished for his failings but the good within him was preserved and rewarded and he became the progenitor of the Royal line. It would do us well to review where the Moabites came from and how they related to Israel in the past. This suggests that the Narrator was not happy with him, for when God approves of a journey, it, the participants, their families, and even their livestock are described in loving detail (See Ezra 2, 66-67, after commentary Nachalat Yosef). In addition, anyone who wants to share the Bible with others can print unlimited copies and give them away free to others. How did Elimelech know that strict justice was (loose) in the world? iddunnu) comes from the root , Hadad This, of course, is Naomis meaning. He arose and fled from them (Ruth Rabbah 1, 4). Apparently he was willing to help only if he wears the mantly of authority. Even professing Christians can fall victim to the tyranny of the urgent. Lot was turned to salt because she looked back at the city. I hate to say this, but after being involved in ministry for many years, I would have to say that some of the worst counsel I have ever heard has come from well-meaning Christians. It provides us with a look at the life of the common person in Israel It was a good number of years ago that I sat in on an excellent elective class taught by my friend, Tom Wright. You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Lot and his two daughters are now living in a cave. Serving the god(s) of Moab (or any others) was an abomination to God: You shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3). As they continue their journey toward Bethlehem, Naomi makes a three-fold attempt to persuade Orpah and Ruth to return to their homes, rather than to accompany her all the way back to Israel. Elimelech was one of the great men and authorities in Israel. Her boys ended up choosing Moabite women to marry and these women became part of Naomis family. In Judges 19-21, we find a similar situation. Here the name reflects the mans essence.The name of one was Peleg, for in his days, the entire world became divided (ni-peleg-a) (Geneis 10,25) This name was was given for Dispersion (after the Tower of Babel) that occurred during Pelegs lifetime. In Esther, the people of God were supposed to return to the Promised Land, but they chose instead to dwell in the apparent peace and safety of Persia. One has to ponder the outcome of her decision. 1 0 obj Naomi saw singleness (widowhood for her) and childlessness as a curse, while Paul taught that singleness could facilitate ministry to others and to God (1 Corinthians 7:32-35). 2 0 obj Ruth focused on Naomi and her need and on Naomis people and their God. A teacher walks into the Classroom and says If only Yesterday was Tomorrow Today would have been a Saturday Which Day did the Teacher make this Statement? And all of this resulted in the near annihilation of one of the twelve tribes (Benjamin) and a conspiracy to acquire wives for the remaining Benjamites in a way that was morally unacceptable. The term she used to refer to Him Shaddai was a term that emphasized Gods great power. It is also true (as God Himself says above) that God also punishes the guilty, but that is not the totality of who God is. Following their deaths, his wife Naomi returned Both women initially refused to heed Naomis exhortation to leave her and return to Moab. Naomi thought of Gods blessings in terms of having food and a family. And she was honored to be a part of the messianic line.34. Follow your sister-in-law back home! 16 But Ruth replied. 1 Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! This is completely secular thinking. They came empty (at least according to Naomis assessment see verse 21), but God would not let them go hungry (or childless). Both had married Israelite husbands, had borne no children, and were now widows. (1) There is no clear link to a particular time, to a particular judge, or to a particular event recorded in the Book of Judges. We will return with you to your people., 11 But Naomi replied, Go back home, my daughters! The best thing for her to do was to return to Bethlehem and live out the rest of her days, dying empty (i.e., childless). You will note from the first verse of chapter 1 that the setting for the story of Ruth is the times of the judges. Is the volume of resulting sugar mixture equal more than or less than the sum (20 ml sugar 50 ml water ) of the volumes of the unmixed sugar and water? Ruth 1:3 Commentaries: Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 1:1-5 Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. 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