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Ruth 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Boaz Redeems Ruth

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolA Baby for Naomi

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenNaomi Held Him

BABY → picture 2SANDAL → picture 4GATE → picture 1NAOMI → picture 3

Grade 1A Son Is Born

Boaz sat at the city gate. → picture 2The other man took off his sandal. → picture 4Boaz and Ruth got married. → picture 5God gave them a son named Obed. → picture 1Naomi held the baby. → picture 3

Order:

1. Boaz sits at the gate2. The kinsman takes off his sandal3. Ruth has a son4. The baby is named Obed

Grade 2God Gives a Family

  1. Where did Boaz sit? At the city gate (circle)
  2. How many leaders sat with him? Ten (circle)
  3. What did the man take off? His sandal (circle)
  4. What was the baby's name? Obed (circle)
  5. Who was Obed the grandfather of? King David (circle)
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Grade 3The Redeemer

  1. How many elders did Boaz take? Ten
  2. What did the kinsman first say? I will redeem it.
  3. What did taking off the sandal do? It made a deal final.
  4. What did the women say Ruth was better than? Seven sons
  5. Who was Obed's son? Jesse
1: Boaz sits at the gate2: The kinsman takes off his sandal3: Ruth has a son4: The baby is named Obed

Grade 4From Empty to Full

  1. Why did Boaz go to the city gate? Legal matters were settled there.
  2. Why did the kinsman decline? He feared he would endanger his own inheritance.
  3. Whom did the people pray Ruth would be like? Rachel and Leah
  4. How did Naomi's story change from chapter 1? She had come home empty, and now she held a grandson.

Word bank: 1. gate; 2. elders; 3. sandal; 4. Obed; 5. Jesse

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Line of David

  1. What was the gate? The place of public business
  2. Why did the kinsman refuse? He feared he would endanger his own inheritance.
  3. How were such transactions confirmed in former times? A man took off his sandal and gave it to his neighbor.
  4. What did the women say the child would be? A restorer of life
  5. Whose line does the genealogy lead to? David
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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