Ruth2

¹Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s , a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech , whose name was Boaz .

²And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi , Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor . And she said to her, Go , my daughter .

³So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers , and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz , who was of the clan of Elimelech .

⁴And behold , Boaz came from Bethlehem . And he said to the reapers , The Lord be with you! And they answered , The Lord bless you.

⁵Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers , Whose young woman is this ?

⁶And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered , She is the young Moabite woman , who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab .

⁷She said , Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers . So she came , and she has continued from early morning until now , except for a short rest .

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth , Now, listen , my daughter , do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women .

⁹Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping , and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty , go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn .

¹⁰Then she fell on her face , bowing 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 ?

¹¹But Boaz answered her, All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before .

¹²The Lord repay you for what you have done , and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel , under whose wings you have come to take refuge !

¹³Then she said , I have found favor in your eyes , my lord , for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant , though I am not one of your servants .

¹⁴And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine . So she sat beside the reapers , and he passed to her roasted grain . And she ate until she was satisfied , and she had some left over .

¹⁵When she rose to glean , Boaz instructed his young men , saying , Let her glean even among the sheaves , and do not reproach her.

¹⁶And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean , and do not rebuke her.

¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until evening . Then she beat out what she had gleaned , and it was about an ephah of barley .

¹⁸And she took it up and went into the city . Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned . She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied .

¹⁹And her mother-in-law said to her, Where did you glean today ? And where have you worked ? Blessed be the man who took notice of you. So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said , The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz .

²⁰And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law , May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead ! Naomi also said to her, The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers .

²¹And Ruth the Moabite said , Besides , he said to me, You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest .

²²And Naomi said to Ruth , her daughter-in-law , It is good , my daughter , that you go out with his young women , lest in another field you be assaulted .

²³So she kept close to the young women of Boaz , gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests . And she lived with her mother-in-law .