Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “Yahweh bless you.”
⛓ Read Ruth 2 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Echo2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'The Lord be with you all' echoes the customary Israelite greeting/blessing, as when Boaz greets the reapers, 'The Lord be with you.' A liturgical-blessing formula rather than a quotation.
Low confidenceThe closing benediction 'The Lord be with your spirit' echoes the Old Testament greeting formula 'The LORD be with you,' as exchanged by Boaz and his reapers. The liturgical wish of the LORD's presence frames Paul's farewell.
Low confidence