“And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:”
The elders' and people's blessing upon the marriage, invoking the Lord's establishment of Ruth as a fertile wife comparable to Rachel and Leah, the mothers of Israel, and Boaz's own household as strong as the house of Perez (born to Judah and Tamar), connects Ruth's marriage to the greatest women in Israel's history and to the lineage of Judah. The blessing functions as a prophetic word that Ruth will bear worthy children and that her union with Boaz will be fruitful. The invocation of Rachel, Leah, and Tamar—all of whom played crucial roles in establishing Israel's lineage—elevates Ruth to an exalted place in Israel's genealogy.
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