Ladies Bible Study: Naomi's Choices ... Lesson 8

Naomi's Choices

Lesson 8:  The End of the Matter!

By Patsy Norwood © 2026.  All rights reserved.  Any and all commercial use of this study is prohibited.  Permission is given for use in ladies Bible classes as long as there are no changes made in the study and no monetary gain involved.  This Bible study is written for women.

Last week we left Naomi and Ruth on the path to getting settled, safe and secure, but first ...

Ruth 4:9-13

Before long the end of the matter was settled and the results shared with Naomi and Ruth.  Boaz had redeemed Naomi and Ruth’s inheritance and Ruth became Boaz’ wife.

Ruth 4:9-12 (NASB) ... ⁹ Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.” ¹¹ All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. ¹² Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

But that’s not the end of the story, it never is with God when we are obedient to Him.  Boaz and Ruth had a son, whom they named Obed.  Obed became the father of Jesse and Jesse became the father of David, the man we know as “a man after God’s own heart!”  

¹³ So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.  ¹⁴ Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the Lord who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. ¹⁵ May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” ¹⁶ Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. ¹⁷ The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.  ¹⁸ Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, ¹⁹ and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, ²⁰ and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, ²¹ and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, ²² and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.

Acts 13:22 (NASB) ²² After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

Questions: 

1.   Did Boaz ‘redeem’ Naomi and Ruth’s inheritance?

2.   Did Boaz and Ruth marry?

3.  Who was their son?

4.  Verse 16 tells us that Naomi ‘became her grandson’s nurse’ meaning that she cared for him as if he were her own.  Can’t you just see her gazing down at this child, this grandchild that she never thought she would have, with a heart overflowing with love and quite possibly a tear or two rolling down her cheeks?  Starting with lesson one, what emotions has Naomi experienced thus far?  I’ll get you started …

                Lesson 1:  Desperation over the never ending famine

                                   Grief over the loss of her husband and sons 

                                   Resignation over Ruth’s determination to ‘not leave her’

 5.   What relation was David to Naomi?

Next week ... let's talk 'take-a-ways!'

Until then!

patsy @ From This Heart of Mine

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