Outline of Ruth
I. Ruth deciding 1:1-22
A. The setting: the sojourn in Moab in
the days of the judges 1:1-5
B. The return to Bethlehem 1:6-22
II. Ruth serving 2:1-23
A. The kindness of Boaz toward Ruth 2:1-17
B. The concern of Naomi 2:18-23
III. Ruth resting 3:1-18
A. Naomi's plan and its success 3:1-15
B. Naomi's further counsel 3:16-18
IV. Ruth's reward 4:1-22
A. Boaz, the kinsman redeemer 4:1-12
B. The marriage of Ruth and Boaz 4:13-16
C. The posterity of Ruth and Boaz 4:17-22