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1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I will find grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she end up by chance on a part of the field [belonging] to Boaz, who [was] from the family of Elimelech.
4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD [Yahweh] [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD [Yahweh] bless you.
5 Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?
6 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:
7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, that she remained a little in the house.
8 Then said Boaz to Ruth, Hear you not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 [Let] your eyes [be] on the field that they reap, and go you after them: have I not charged the young men that they will not touch you? and when you are athirst, go to 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 to him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?
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11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been showed me, all that you have done to your mother in law since the death of your husband: and [how] you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your nativity, and are come to a people which you knew not before.
12 The LORD [Yahweh] recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD [Yahweh] God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust.
13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for that you have comforted me, and for that you have spoken friendly to your handmaid, though I be not like to one of your handmaidens.
14 And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come you here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she ate, 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 to her, Where have you gleaned to day? and where wrought you? blessed be he that took knowledge of you. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today [is] Boaz.
20 And Naomi said to her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD [Yahweh], who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man [is] near of kin to us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You will keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter in law, [It is] good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they meet you not in any other field.
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.