One of the most uplifting books of the entire Bible, not just the Old Testament, is the Book of Ruth.
She is a pious, exemplary, wife and daughter-in-law. She is a paradigm of love, virtue and piety, a model for all women of all generations seeking to take good care of their families.
It is most fitting that she, an outsider and Moabite, should be a grandmother to King David.
Yahweh is sending a hint to insiders and groupists that the outsider, the individualist, may actually be better loved by God and is actually God's favorite.
We never know for sure who has captured divine favor, and who has not.
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