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And Naomi
had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of
wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name
was Boaz.
02 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me
now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after
him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she
said unto her, Go, my daughter.
03 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the
field after the reapers: and her hap was to light
on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who
was of the kindred of Elimelech.
04 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and
said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And
they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
05 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set
over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
06 And the servant that was set over the reapers
answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel
that came back with Naomi out of the country of
Moab:
07 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and
gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so
she came, and hath continued even from the
morning until now, that she tarried a little in
the house.
08 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my
daughter? Go not to glean in another field,
neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my
maidens:
09 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do
reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged
the young men that they shall not touch thee? and
when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and
drink of that which the young men have drawn.
10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself
to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I
found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest
take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath
fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done
unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
husband: and how thou hast left thy father and
thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art
come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore.
12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full
reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel,
under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy
sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me,
and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine
handmaidens.
14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel
in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat,
and was sufficed, and left.
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean
even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of
purpose for her, and leave them, that she may
glean them, and rebuke her not.
17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and
beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about
an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up, and went into the city:
and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned:
and she brought forth, and gave to her that she
had reserved after she was sufficed.
19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where
hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest
thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of
thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom
she had wrought, and said, The man's name with
whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law,
Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off
his kindness to the living and to the dead. And
Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto
us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me
also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until
they have ended all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law,
It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with
his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other
field.
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to
glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat
harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
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