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* Then Naomi her mother in law said to her , My daughter , shall I not seek rest for you , that it may be well with you ? * And now is not Boaz of our kindred , with whose maidens you were ? Behold , he winnows barley to night in the threshing floor . * Wash yourself therefore , and anoint you , and put your raiment on you , and get you down to the floor : but make not yourself known to the man , until he shall have done eating and drinking . * And it shall be , when he lies down , that you shall mark the place where he shall lie , and you shall go in , and uncover his feet , and lay you down ; and he will tell you what you shall do . * And she said to her , All that you say to me I will do . * And she went down to the floor , and did according to all that her mother in law bade her . * And when Boaz had eaten and drunk , and his heart was merry , he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly , and uncovered his feet , and laid her down . * And it came to pass at midnight , that the man was afraid , and turned himself : and , behold , a woman lay at his feet . * And he said , Who are you ? And she answered , I am Ruth your handmaid : spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid ; for you are a near kinsman . * And he said , Blessed be you of the LORD , my daughter : for you have showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning , inasmuch as you followed not young men , whether poor or rich . * And now , my daughter , fear not ; I will do to you all that you require : for all the city of my people does know that you are a virtuous woman . * And now it is true that I am your near kinsman : however , there is a kinsman nearer than I . * Tarry this night , and it shall be in the morning , that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman , well ; let him do the kinsman ' part : but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you , then will I do the part of a kinsman to you , as the LORD lives : lie down until the morning . * And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up before one could know another . And he said , Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor . * Also he said , Bring the veil that you have on you , and hold it . And when she held it , he measured six measures of barley , and laid it on her : and she went into the city . * And when she came to her mother in law , she said , Who are you , my daughter ? And she told her all that the man had done to her . * And she said , These six measures of barley gave he me ; for he said to me , Go not empty to your mother in law . * Then said she , Sit still , my daughter , until you know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest , until he have finished the thing this day .

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