Ruth:2

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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 . * And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi , Let me now go to the field , and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose eyes I will find favor . And she said to her , Go , my daughter . * And she went , and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and by chance she happened on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz , who was of the family of Elimelech . * And , look , Boaz came from Bethlehem , and said to the reapers , Yahweh be with you (note :){+}(:note ). And they answered him , Yahweh bless you . * Then Boaz said to his attendant that was set over the reapers , Whose damsel is this ? * And the attendant that was set over the reapers answered and said , It is the Moabite damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab : * And she said , Let me glean , I pray you (note :){+}(:note ), and gather after the reapers among the sheaves . So she came , and has remained standing from morning until now ; her sitting now in the house [has only been ] for a moment . * Then said Boaz to Ruth , Do you not hear , my daughter ? Don 't go to glean in another field , neither pass from here , but stick here by my maidens . * Let your eyes be on the field that they reap , and go after them : have I not charged the young men that they will not touch you ? And when you are thirsty , go to the vessels , and drink of that which the young men have drawn . * Then she fell on her face , and bowed herself to the ground , and said to him , Why have I found favor in your sight , that you should take knowledge of me , seeing I am a foreigner ? * And Boaz answered and said to her , It has fully been shown to 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 have come to a people who you didn 't know before . * Yahweh recompense your work , and a full reward be given you of Yahweh , the God of Israel , under whose wings you came to take refuge . * Then she said , Let me find favor in your sight , my lord , for you have comforted me and you have spoken kindly to your female slave , though I am not as one of your female slaves . * And at mealtime Boaz said to her , Come here , and eat of the bread , and dip your morsel in the vinegar . And she sat beside the reapers , and he passed to her roasted grain , and she ate , and was sufficed , and left of it . * And when she had risen up to glean , Boaz commanded his young men , saying , Let her glean even among the sheaves , and don 't reproach her . * And also pull out some for her from the bundles , and leave it , and let her glean , and don 't rebuke her . * So she gleaned in the field until evening ; and she beat out that which she had gleaned , and it was about an ephah of barley . * 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 . * And her mother-in-law said to her , Where have you gleaned today ? And where have you wrought ? Blessed be he who 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 . * And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law , Blessed be he of 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 near kinsmen . * And Ruth the Moabitess said , Yes , he said to me , You will stick by my young men , until they have ended all my harvest . * And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law , It is good , my daughter , that you go out with his maidens , and that they don 't meet you in any other field . * So she stuck by the maidens of Boaz , to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest ; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law .

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