| 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 unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the
ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto
her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came and gleaned in the field
after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field
belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 And, behold,
Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And
they answered him, Jehovah bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto 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, Let
me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she
came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she
tarried a little in the house.
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean
in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.
9 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 favor in thy sight, that thou
shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner? 11 And Boaz
answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast
done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast
left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore. 12 Jehovah recompense thy
work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under
whose wings thou art come to take refuge. 13 Then she said, Let me find
favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that
thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy
handmaidens.
14 And at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread,
and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they
reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left
thereof. 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 also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let
her glean, and rebuke her not.
17 So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which 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 which she had left after she was
sufficed. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned
to-day? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of
thee. And she showed 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 Jehovah, who hath not left off his
kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is
nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess
said, Yea, he said unto me, 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,
and 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 she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
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