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RU-2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of
wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.
RU-2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to
the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I
shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
RU-2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after
the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field
[belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.
RU-2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD
bless thee.
RU-2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the
reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?
RU-2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered
and said, It [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi
out of the country of Moab:
RU-2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after
the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued
even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in
the house.
RU-2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter?
Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but
abide here fast by my maidens:
RU-2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and
go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they
shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the
vessels, and drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.
RU-2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the
ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes,
that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a
stranger?
RU-2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been
showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since
the death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father
and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto
a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
RU-2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given
thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come
to trust.
RU-2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord;
for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken
friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of
thine handmaidens.
RU-2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither,
and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she
sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and
she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
RU-2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
reproach her not:
RU-2:16 And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for
her, and leave [them], that she may glean [them], and rebuke her
not.
RU-2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out
that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
RU-2:18 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 she had reserved after she was sufficed.
RU-2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou
gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that
did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law
with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I
wrought to day [is] Boaz.
RU-2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he
of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living
and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of
kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
RU-2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou
shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my
harvest.
RU-2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is]
good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they
meet thee not in any other field.
RU-2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto
the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with
her mother in law.
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