1Ruth goeth by chance to glean in the fields of Boaz. 4Boaz taketh notice of her, and sheweth her great favour. 18She returneth with what she had gotten to her mother in law, and telleth her what had happened.
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1And Naomi had a 1kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name wasaBoaz.
2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, 1and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her ahap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
4¶ And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, 1The Lordbe with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.
5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was 1set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the 1Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7And she said, 1I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath 2continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, 1my daughter? 2Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9let 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 1not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, 2go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
10Then 1she 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?
11And Boaz answered and said unto her, 1It hath fully been shewed me, 2all 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.
12The Lord1recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose 2wings thou art come to trust.
13Then she said, aLet me 1find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken bfriendly unto thine handmaid, though I be 2not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14And Boaz said unto her, 1At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in 2the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her 3parched corn, and she 4did eat, and 5was sufficed, and left.
15And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and areproach her not:
16And 1let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
17So 1she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about 2an ephah of barley.
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 1that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
19And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did 1take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
20And Naomi 1said unto her daughter in law, 2Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness 3to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man isanear of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
21And Ruth the Moabitess said, 1He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is1good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they ameet thee not in any other field.
23So she 1kept 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.