not infer from this fact the unique place God gives to “woman” in the plan of redemption? Under the law women were not counted in the genealogy of the families of Israel. Man as the head of the family and of the woman, was given the place of recognition. But under grace all this is different. It was against the law for a Hebrew to marry a Gentile, so when Boaz married Ruth, he was doing what the law had strictly forbidden. It was, therefore, an act of grace. What was impossible under the law becomes