Ruth: Ruth 2:10-13; 1 Samuel 25:41; Luke 14:11
spread therefore: Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his talith: over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection. Ezekiel 16:8