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The Book of Ruth is a book about people crossing borders. Ruth was a Moabite woman, married to an Israelite and man and widowed from him. Her mother-in-law Noami, had migrated to Moab with her family at a time of famine in Isarel. Her husband and sons had all died, and she prepared to return home with Ruth her daughter-in-law.
Ruth arrived at the time of the barley harvest. She went out to glean after the harvesters, as many a poor person would have done then. She attracted the notice of Boaz, who was a relative of her father-in-law. She became the great-grandmother of King David. Ruth, the foreigner and immigrant, became an ancestor of the great king of Israel David. This also made her an ancestor of Jesus Chrit, who is a descendent of King David.
In our country, Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, and Woodrow Wilson were sons of immigrant parents. Herbert Hoover ‘s mother was Canadian. Donald Trump’s father was a German immigrant. Maybe some recent or current immigrant may become a future President of our country.
Ruth forms a bridge between the pre-monarchical judges and the kings of ancient Israel. Ruth the immigrant is an important person in the history of the Bible.