APPLICATION QUESTIONS: • Compare the genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22 to the genealogy in Matthew 1:1-5. What is significant about the similarities? • Does God love bitter people? How does Naomi's story serve as an example? • What does "May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah" (vs. 11) mean? • Why do the neighborhood women say, "A son has been born to Naomi" (vs. 17) when it is Ruth's baby?