Chiasm
Ruth 1:1–4:22
Ruth 1:1–4:223 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 1-5 Family history
- B 6-7 Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah travel toward Judah
- B 8-18 (1) Ties of kinship are at issue
- B 19 Naomi and Ruth travel and come to Bethlehem
- B 19-21 (2) The women of Bethlehem speak to Naomi; the afflictions received by Naomi from the Lord are spoken of; Naomi gives herself a name
- B 22 Naomi and Ruth travel and come to Bethlehem
- C 2 (1) Ruth asks Naomi if she may go to the fields and tells her what she would do; Naomi bids her go
- C 3 (2) Ruth goes to the fields
- C 4-7 (3) Boaz asks the identity of Ruth and is told
- C 8-14 (4) Boaz asks Ruth to stay, declares her worthy of being blessed, and gives her food
- C 18-23 (5) Ruth speaks with Naomi: Ruth tells her what has happened and Naomi gives her counsel
- C' 1-5 (1) Naomi bids Ruth go to the threshing-floor and tells her what she should do
- C' 6 (2) Ruth goes to the threshing-floor
- C' 7-9 (3) Boaz asks the identity of Ruth and is told
- C' 10-15 (4) Boaz declares Ruth worthy of being blessed, asks her to stay, and gives her food
- C' 16-18 (5) Ruth speaks with Naomi: Ruth tells her what has happened and Naomi gives her counsel
- B' 1-12 (1) Ties of kinship are at issue
- B' 14-17 (2) The women of Bethlehem speak to Naomi; the blessings received by Naomi from the Lord are told of; the women of Bethlehem give Naomi's nursling a name
- A' 18-22 Family history
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