Ruth:3

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* Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her , My daughter , shall I not seek (note :)Meaning that she would provide her with a husband , with whom she might live peacefully .(:note ) rest for thee , that it may be well with thee ? * Now also is not Boaz our kinsman , with whose maides thou wast ? beholde , he winoweth barly to night in the floore . * Wash thyself therefore , and anoint thee , and put thy raiment upon thee , and get thee down to the floor : [but ] make not thyself known unto the (note :)Boaz , nor yet any other .(:note ) man , until he shall have done eating and drinking . * And when he shall sleepe , marke the place where he layeth him downe , and go , and vncouer the place of his feete , and lay thee downe , and he shall tell thee what thou shalt doe . * And she answered her , All that thou biddest me , I will doe . * So she went downe vnto the floore , and did according to all that her mother in lawe bade her . * And when Boaz had eaten and drunk , and his (note :)That is , he had refreshed himself among his servants .(:note ) 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 at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde : and loe , a woman lay at his feete . * Then he sayd , Who art thou ? And she answered , I am Ruth thine handmayd : spread therefore the wing of thy garment ouer thine handmayd : for thou art the kinsman . * And he said , Blessed [be ] thou of the LORD , my daughter : [for ] thou hast (note :)You showed yourself repeatedly to be more virtuous .(:note ) shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning , inasmuch as thou followedst not young men , whether poor or rich . * And now , my daughter , feare not : I will doe to thee all that thou requirest : for all the citie of my people doeth knowe , that thou art a vertuous woman . * And now , it is true that I am thy kinsman , howbeit there is a kinsman neerer then I . * Tarry this night , and it shall be in the morning , [that ] if he (note :)If he will take you to as his wife because of his relation by marriage , according to God 's law , ( Deu_25:5 ).(:note ) will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman , well ; let him do the kinsman 's part : but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee , then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee , [as ] the LORD liveth : lie down until the morning . * And she lay at his feete vntill the morning : and she arose before one could know another : for he sayd , Let no man knowe , that a woman came into the floore . * Also he sayd , Bring the sheete that thou hast vpon thee , and holde it ; when she helde it , he measured sixe measures of barly , and layde them on her , and she went into the citie . * And when she came to her mother in law , she said , (note :)Believing by her returning home that he had not taken her as his wife , she was astonished .(:note ) Who [art ] thou , my daughter ? And she told her all that the man had done to her . * And said , These sixe measures of barly gaue he me : for he sayd to me , Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe . * Then sayd she , My daughter , sit still , vntill thou knowe how the thing will fall : for the man wil not be in rest , vntill he hath finished the matter this same day .

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