Atlas Biblica

    person

    Ruth

    רוּתῬούθ

    Ruth was a Moabite woman who married Boaz and became an ancestor of King David and Jesus Christ.

    verses
    13
    first named
    Ruth 1:4
    last named
    Matthew 1:5
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Moab

    Description

    Who was Ruth?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ruth was a Moabite woman who married Mahlon, the son of Elimelech and Naomi, who had moved to Moab from Bethlehem due to a famine (Rut.1.1-4). After the deaths of Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion (Naomi's other son), Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem (Rut.1.6-7). Ruth, despite Naomi's urging to return to her own people, insisted on staying with her mother-in-law, demonstrating remarkable loyalty and faith in the God of Israel (Rut.1.14-18). In Bethlehem, Ruth worked in the fields, gleaning grain to support herself and Naomi (Rut.2.2-3). She caught the attention of Boaz, a wealthy relative of Elimelech (Rut.2.8-16). Following Naomi's advice, Ruth approached Boaz at the threshing floor, asking him to fulfill the role of a kinsman-redeemer (Rut.3.1-9). Boaz, impressed by Ruth's character and loyalty, agreed to marry her after a closer relative declined to do so (Rut.4.1-12). Ruth and Boaz had a son named Obed, who became the grandfather of King David (Rut.4.13-17). As an ancestor of David, Ruth is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Mat.1.5). Her story exemplifies God's grace, providential care, and the inclusion of Gentiles in His plan of redemption.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ruth10 of 16 entities the graph connects to Ruth, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 1, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.BoazSpouse of · 12 events · 23 versesObedMother of · 1 event · 6 versesKinshipNaomiAssociated with · 16 events · 20 versesCompanyLORD3 events · 1,004 versesMoab1 event · 160 versesBread1 event · 103 versesWeeping1 event · 56 versesBethlehem3 events · 53 versesTravel1 event · 35 versesResting Place1 event · 13 versesEventsRuth

    The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.

    Associated with

    Mother of

    Spouse of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 1 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ruth happensAll 2 places the claims about Ruth reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Bethlehem, Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ruth there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BethlehemMoab
    before Israel's MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Ruth reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 13, across 2 books.

    1. Ruth12 verses

      1:41:141:161:222:22:82:212:223:94:54:104:13

    2. Matthew1 verse

      1:5

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Mahlon and NaomiChilionSon of Elimelech and Naomi; husband of Orpahvia Mahlon and NaomiElimelechNaomi's husband from Bethlehem.via Boaz and NaomiKinsman Redeemer and Boaz’s buying back of Elimelech LandKinsman Redeemer and Boaz’s buying back of Elimelech Land is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via ObedJesseFather of King David.via Boaz’s order of Stalk and RuthOrderOrder is a concept gathering 37 labelled instances in the text.via Naomi and Ruth’s enteringBethlehemCity of David's birth and Jesus' birth.via Naomi and Ruth’s enteringEnteringEntering is a concept gathering 128 labelled instances in the text.via Daughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of NaomiLORDNames or title used to refer to Godvia Daughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of NaomiReturnReturn is a concept gathering 228 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on