Ruth:2

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* Now Naomi had an acquaintance , a kinsman of her husband , a mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech . His name was Boaz . * And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi , Please let me go to the fields , and glean heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may find favor . And she said to her , Go , my daughter . * And she went , and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers . And she happened to come to the part of the fields belonging to Boaz , who was of the family of Elimelech . * And behold , Boaz came from Bethlehem , and said to the reapers , Jehovah be with you ! And they answered him , Jehovah bless you ! * Then Boaz said to his servant who was appointed over the reapers , Whose young woman is this ? * And the servant who was appointed over the reapers answered and said , It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab . * And she said , Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves . So she came and has continued from morning until now , though she sat a little in the house . * Then Boaz said to Ruth , You will listen , my daughter , will you not ? Do not go to glean in another field , nor go from here , but stay close by my young women . * Let your eyes be on the field which they reap , and go after them . Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you ? And when you are thirsty , go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn . * And she fell on her face , bowed down to the ground , and said to him , Why have I found favor in your eyes , that you should take notice of me , since I am a foreigner ? * And Boaz answered and said to her , It has been fully reported to me , all that you have done for 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 birth , and have come to a people whom you have not known before . * May Jehovah reward your work , and full wages be given you by Jehovah the God of Israel , under whose wings you have come for refuge . * And she said , Let me find favor in your eyes , my lord ; for you have comforted me , and have spoken to the heart of your maidservant , though I am not like one of your maidservants . * And Boaz said to her at mealtime , Come here , and eat of the bread , and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar . So she sat beside the reapers , and he held out parched grain to her ; and she ate and was satisfied , and had some left over . * And when she rose up to glean , Boaz commanded his young men , saying , Let her glean even among the sheaves , and do not reproach her . * Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her ; leave it that she may glean , and do not rebuke her . * So she gleaned in the field until evening , and beat out what 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 out and gave to her what had been left over after she had been satisfied . * And her mother-in-law said to her , Where have you gleaned today ? And where have you worked ? Blessed is the one taking notice of you . 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 . * And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law , Blessed is he of Jehovah , who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead ! And Naomi said to her , This man is next of kin to us , a kinsman redeemer . * And Ruth the Moabitess said , He also said to me , You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest . * And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law , It is good , my daughter , that you go out with his young women , and that you not be fallen upon in another field . * So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz , to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest ; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law .

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