Now Naomi had 1a kinsman
of her husband
, a 2man
of great
wealth
, of the family
of aElimelech
, whose name
was Boaz
.
And Ruth the Moabitess
said
to Naomi
, "Please
let me go
to the field
and aglean
among the ears
of grain
after
one in whose
sight
I may find
favor
." And she said
to her, "Go
, my daughter
."
So she departed and went
and gleaned
in the field
after
the reapers
; and 1she happened
to come
to the portion
of the field
belonging to Boaz
, who
was of the family
of Elimelech
.
Now behold, Boaz
came
from Bethlehem
and said
to the reapers
, " aMay the LORD
be with you." And they said
to him, "May the LORD
bless
you."
Then Boaz said
to his servant
who was 1in charge
of the reapers
, "Whose
young
woman
is this
?"
The servant 1in charge
of the reapers
replied
, "She is the young
Moabite
woman
who returned
with Naomi
from the land
of Moab
.
"And she said, `Please
let me glean
and gather
after
the reapers
among the sheaves
.' Thus she came
and has remained
from the morning
until
now
; she has been sitting
in the house
for a little
while
."
Then Boaz said
to Ruth
, " 1Listen
carefully
, my daughter
. Do not go
to glean
in another
field
; furthermore
, do not go
on from this
one
, but stay
here
with my maids
.
"Let your eyes be on the field
which
they reap
, and go
after
them. Indeed
, I have commanded
the servants
not to touch
you. When you are thirsty
, go
to the 1water
jars
and drink
from what
the servants
draw
."
Then she afell on her face
, bowing
to the ground
and said
to him, "Why
have I found
favor
in your sight
that you should take
notice
of me, since I am a foreigner
?"
Boaz replied
to her, "All
that you have done
for your mother-in-law
after
the death
of your husband
has been fully
reported
to me, and how you left
your father
and your mother
and the land
of your birth
, and came
to a people
that you did not previously
know
.
" aMay the LORD reward
your work
, and your wages
be full
from the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, bunder
whose
wings
you have come
to seek
refuge
."
Then she said, "I have found
favor
in your sight
, my lord
, for you have comforted
me and indeed
have spoken
1kindly
to your maidservant
, though I am
not like one
of your maidservants
."
At mealtime Boaz
said
to her, " 1Come
here
, that you may eat
of the bread
and dip
your piece
of bread
in the vinegar
." So she sat
beside
the reapers
; and he 2served
her roasted
grain
, and she ate
and was satisfied
aand had
some left
.
When she rose to glean
, Boaz
commanded
his servants
, saying
, "Let her glean
even
among
the sheaves
, and do not insult
her.
"Also you shall purposely
pull
out for her some grain from the bundles
and leave
it that she may glean
, and do not rebuke
her."
So she gleaned in the field
until
evening
. Then she beat
out what
she had gleaned
, and it was about an ephah
of barley
.
She took it up and went
into the city
, and her mother-in-law
saw
what
she had gleaned
. She also took
it out and agave
1Naomi what
she had
left
after
2she was satisfied
.
Her mother-in-law then said
to her, "Where
did you glean
today
and where
did you work
? May he who atook
notice
of you be blessed
." So she told
her mother-in-law
with whom
she had worked
and said
, "The name
of the man
with whom
I worked
today
is Boaz
."
Naomi said
to her daughter-in-law
, " aMay he be blessed
of the LORD
who
has not withdrawn
his kindness
to the living
and to the dead
." Again Naomi
said
to her, "The man
is 1our relative
, he is one of our 2closest
relatives
."
Then Ruth the Moabitess
said
, " 1Furthermore
, he said
to me, `You should stay
close
to my servants
until
they have finished
all
my harvest
.' "
Naomi said
to Ruth
her daughter-in-law
, "It is good
, my daughter
, that you go
out with his maids
, so
that others do not fall
upon you in another
field
."
So she stayed close
by the maids
of Boaz
in order to glean
until
athe end
of the barley
harvest
and the wheat
harvest
. And she lived
with her mother-in-law
.