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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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1:1 Now it came return from the

to pass in the country of Moab:

days when the for she had heard

judges ruled, in the country of

that there was a Moab how that the

famine in the Lord had visited

land. And a his people in

certain man of giving them

Bethlehemjudah bread.

went to sojourn 1:7 Wherefore

in the country of she went forth

Moab, he, and his out of the place

wife, and his two where she was,

sons. and her two

1:2 And the name daughters in law

of the man [was] with her; and

Elimelech, and they went on the

the name of his way to return

wife Naomi, and unto the land of

the name of his Judah.

two sons Mahlon 1:8 And Naomi

and Chilion, said unto her two

Ephrathites of daughters in law,

Bethlehemjudah. Go, return each

And they came to her mother's

into the country house: the LORD

of Moab, and deal kindly with

continued there. you, as ye have

1:3 And dealt with the

Elimelech Naomi's dead, and with

husband died; and me.

she was left, and 1:9 The LORD

her two sons. grant you that ye

1:4 And they may find rest,

took them wives each [of you] in

of the women of the house of her

Moab; the name of husband. Then she

the one [was] kissed them; and

Orpah, and the they lifted up

name of the other their voice, and

Ruth: and they wept.

dwelled there 1:10 And they

about ten years. said unto her,

1:5 And Mahlon Surely we will

and Chilion died return with thee

also both of unto thy people.

them; and the 1:11 And Naomi

woman was left of said, Turn again,

her two sons and my daughters: why

her husband. will ye go with

1:6 Then she me? [are] there

arose with her yet [any more]

daughters in law, sons in my womb,

that she might that they may be

your husbands? people, and thy

1:12 Turn again, God my God:

my daughters, go 1:17 Where thou

[your way]; for I diest, will I

am too old to die, and there

have an husband. will I be buried:

If I should say, the LORD do so to

I have hope, [if] me, and more

I should have an also, [if ought]

husband also to but death part

night, and should thee and me.

also bear sons; 1:18 When she

1:13 Would ye saw that she was

tarry for them stedfastly minded

till they were to go with her,

grown? would ye then she left

stay for them speaking unto

from having her.

husbands? nay, my 1:19 So they two

daughters; for it went until they

grieveth me much came to

for your sakes Bethlehem. And it

that the hand of came to pass,

the LORD is gone when they were

out against me. come to

1:14 And they Bethlehem, that

lifted up their all the city was

voice, and wept moved about them,

again: and Orpah and they said,

kissed her mother [Is] this Naomi?

in law; but Ruth 1:20 And she

clave unto her. said unto them,

1:15 And she Call me not

said, Behold, thy Naomi, call me

sister in law is Mara: for the

gone back unto Almighty hath

her people, and dealt very

unto her gods: bitterly with me.

return thou after

thy sister in 1:21 I went out

law. full, and the

1:16 And Ruth LORD hath brought

said, Entreat me me home again

not to leave empty: why [then]

thee, [or] to call ye me Naomi,

return from seeing the LORD

following after hath testified

thee: for whither against me, and

thou goest, I the Almighty hath

will go; and afflicted me?

where thou 1:22 So Naomi

lodgest, I will returned, and

lodge: thy people Ruth the

[shall be] my Moabitess, her

daughter in law, set over the

with her, which reapers, Whose

returned out of damsel [is] this?

the country of

Moab: and they 2:6 And the

came to Bethlehem servant that was

in the beginning set over the

of barley reapers answered

harvest. and said, It [is]

2:1 And Naomi the Moabitish

had a kinsman of damsel that came

her husband's, a back with Naomi

mighty man of out of the

wealth, of the country of Moab:

family of 2:7 And she

Elimelech; and said, I pray you,

his name [was] let me glean and

Boaz. gather after the

2:2 And Ruth the reapers among the

Moabitess said sheaves: so she

unto Naomi, Let came, and hath

me now go to the continued even

field, and glean from the morning

ears of corn until now, that

after [him] in she tarried a

whose sight I little in the

shall find grace. house.

And she said unto 2:8 Then said

her, Go, my Boaz unto Ruth,

daughter. Hearest thou not,

2:3 And she my daughter? Go

went, and came, not to glean in

and gleaned in another field,

the field after neither go from

the reapers: and hence, but abide

her hap was to here fast by my

light on a part maidens:

of the field 2:9 [Let] thine

[belonging] unto eyes [be] on the

Boaz, who [was] field that they

of the kindred of do reap, and go

Elimelech. thou after them:

2:4 And, behold, have I not

Boaz came from charged the young

Bethlehem, and men that they

said unto the shall not touch

reapers, The LORD thee? and when

[be] with you. thou art athirst,

And they answered go unto the

him, The LORD vessels, and

bless thee. drink of [that]

2:5 Then said which the young

Boaz unto his men have drawn.

servant that was 2:10 Then she

fell on her face, said unto her, At

and bowed herself mealtime come

to the ground, thou hither, and

and said unto eat of the bread,

him, Why have I and dip thy

found grace in morsel in the

thine eyes, that vinegar. And she

thou shouldest sat beside the

take knowledge of reapers: and he

me, seeing I [am] reached her

a stranger? parched [corn],

2:11 And Boaz and she did eat,

answered and said and was sufficed,

unto her, It hath and left.

fully been showed 2:15 And when

me, all that thou she was risen up

hast done unto to glean, Boaz

thy mother in law commanded his

since the death young men,

of thine husband: saying, Let her

and [how] thou glean even among

hast left thy the sheaves, and

father and thy reproach her not:

mother, and the

land of thy 2:16 And let

nativity, and art fall also [some]

come unto a of the handfuls

people which thou of purpose for

knewest not her, and leave

heretofore. [them], that she

2:12 The LORD may glean [them],

recompense thy and rebuke her

work, and a full not.

reward be given 2:17 So she

thee of the LORD gleaned in the

God of Israel, field until even,

under whose wings and beat out that

thou art come to she had gleaned:

trust. and it was about

2:13 Then she an ephah of

said, Let me find barley.

favour in thy 2:18 And she

sight, my lord; took [it] up, and

for that thou went into the

hast comforted city: and her

me, and for that mother in law saw

thou hast spoken what she had

friendly unto gleaned: and she

thine handmaid, brought forth,

though I be not and gave to her

like unto one of that she had

thine reserved after

handmaidens. she was sufficed.

2:14 And Boaz

2:19 And her maidens of Boaz

mother in law to glean unto the

said unto her, end of barley

Where hast thou harvest and of

gleaned to day? wheat harvest;

and where and dwelt with

wroughtest thou? her mother in

blessed be he law.

that did take 3:1 Then Naomi

knowledge of her mother in law

thee. And she said unto her, My

showed her mother daughter, shall I

in law with whom not seek rest for

she had wrought, thee, that it may

and said, The be well with

man's name with thee?

whom I wrought to 3:2 And now [is]

day [is] Boaz. not Boaz of our

2:20 And Naomi kindred, with

said unto her whose maidens

daughter in law, thou wast?

Blessed [be] he Behold, he

of the LORD, who winnoweth barley

hath not left off to night in the

his kindness to threshingfloor.

the living and to 3:3 Wash thy

the dead. And self therefore,

Naomi said unto and anoint thee,

her, The man [is] and put thy

near of kin unto raiment upon

us, one of our thee, and get

next kinsmen. thee down to the

2:21 And Ruth floor: [but] make

the Moabitess not thyself known

said, He said unto the man,

unto me also, until he shall

Thou shalt keep have done eating

fast by my young and drinking.

men, until they 3:4 And it shall

have ended all my be, when he lieth

harvest. down, that thou

2:22 And Naomi shalt mark the

said unto Ruth place where he

her daughter in shall lie, and

law, [It is] thou shalt go in,

good, my and uncover his

daughter, that feet, and lay

thou go out with thee down; and he

his maidens, that will tell thee

they meet thee what thou shalt

not in any other do.

field. 3:5 And she said

2:23 So she kept unto her, All

fast by the that thou sayest

unto me I will 3:11 And now, my

do. daughter, fear

3:6 And she went not; I will do to

down unto the thee all that

floor, and did thou requirest:

according to all for all the city

that her mother of my people doth

in law bade her. know that thou

3:7 And when [art] a virtuous

Boaz had eaten woman.

and drunk, and 3:12 And now it

his heart was is true that I

merry, he went to [am thy] near

lie down at the kinsman: howbeit

end of the heap there is a

of corn: and she kinsman nearer

came softly, and than I.

uncovered his 3:13 Tarry this

feet, and laid night, and it

her down. shall be in the

3:8 And it came morning, [that]

to pass at if he will

midnight, that perform unto thee

the man was the part of a

afraid, and kinsman, well;

turned himself: let him do the

and, behold, a kinsman's part:

woman lay at his but if he will

feet. not do the part

3:9 And he said, of a kinsman to

Who [art] thou? thee, then will I

And she answered, do the part of a

I [am] Ruth thine kinsman to thee,

handmaid: spread [as] the LORD

therefore thy liveth: lie down

skirt over thine until the

handmaid; for morning.

thou [art] a near 3:14 And she lay

kinsman. at his feet until

3:10 And he the morning: and

said, Blessed she rose up

[be] thou of the before one could

LORD, my know another. And

daughter: [for] he said, Let it

thou hast showed not be known that

more kindness in a woman came into

the latter end the floor.

than at the 3:15 Also he

beginning, said, Bring the

inasmuch as thou veil that [thou

followedst not hast] upon thee,

young men, and hold it. And

whether poor or when she held it,

rich. he measured six

[measures] of 4:3 And he said

barley, and laid unto the kinsman,

[it] on her: and Naomi, that is

she went into the come again out of

city. the country of

3:16 And when Moab, selleth a

she came to her parcel of land,

mother in law, which [was] our

she said, Who brother

[art] thou, my Elimelech's:

daughter? And she 4:4 And I

told her all that thought to

the man had done advertise thee,

to her. saying, Buy [it]

3:17 And she before the

said, These six inhabitants, and

[measures] of before the elders

barley gave he of my people. If

me; for he said thou wilt redeem

to me, Go not [it], redeem

empty unto thy [it]: but if thou

mother in law. wilt not redeem

3:18 Then said [it, then] tell

she, Sit still, me, that I may

my daughter, know: for [there

until thou know is] none to

how the matter redeem [it]

will fall: for beside thee; and

the man will not I [am] after

be in rest, until thee. And he

he have finished said, I will

the thing this redeem [it].

day. 4:5 Then said

4:1 Then went Boaz, What day

Boaz up to the thou buyest the

gate, and sat him field of the hand

down there: and, of Naomi, thou

behold, the must buy [it]

kinsman of whom also of Ruth the

Boaz spake came Moabitess, the

by; unto whom he wife of the dead,

said, Ho, such a to raise up the

one! turn aside, name of the dead

sit down here. upon his

And he turned inheritance.

aside, and sat 4:6 And the

down. kinsman said, I

4:2 And he took cannot redeem

ten men of the [it] for myself,

elders of the lest I mar mine

city, and said, own inheritance:

Sit ye down here. redeem thou my

And they sat right to thyself;

down. for I cannot

redeem [it]. this day.

4:7 Now this 4:11 And all the

[was the manner] people that

in former time in [were] in the

Israel concerning gate, and the

redeeming and elders, said, [We

concerning are] witnesses.

changing, for to The LORD make the

confirm all woman that is

things; a man come into thine

plucked off his house like Rachel

shoe, and gave and like Leah,

[it] to his which two did

neighbour: and build the house

this [was] a of Israel: and do

testimony in thou worthily in

Israel. Ephratah, and be

4:8 Therefore famous in

the kinsman said Bethlehem:

unto Boaz, Buy 4:12 And let thy

[it] for thee. So house be like the

he drew off his house of Pharez,

shoe. whom Tamar bare

4:9 And Boaz unto Judah, of

said unto the the seed which

elders, and the LORD shall

[unto] all the give thee of this

people, Ye [are] young woman.

witnesses this 4:13 So Boaz

day, that I have took Ruth, and

bought all that she was his wife:

[was] and when he went

Elimelech's, and in unto her, the

all that [was] LORD gave her

Chilion's and conception, and

Mahlon's, of the she bare a son.

hand of Naomi. 4:14 And the

4:10 Moreover women said unto

Ruth the Naomi, Blessed

Moabitess, the [be] the LORD,

wife of Mahlon, which hath not

have I purchased left thee this

to be my wife, to day without a

raise up the name kinsman, that his

of the dead upon name may be

his inheritance, famous in Israel.

that the name of

the dead be not 4:15 And he

cut off from shall be unto

among his thee a restorer

brethren, and of [thy] life,

from the gate of and a nourisher

his place: ye of thine old age:

[are] witnesses for thy daughter

in law, which

loveth thee,

which is better

to thee than

seven sons, hath

borne him.

4:16 And Naomi

took the child,

and laid it in

her bosom, and

became nurse unto

it.

4:17 And the

women her

neighbours gave

it a name,

saying, There is

a son born to

Naomi; and they

called his name

Obed: he [is] the

father of Jesse,

the father of

David.

4:18 Now these

[are] the

generations of

Pharez: Pharez

begat Hezron,

4:19 And Hezron

begat Ram, and

Ram begat

Amminadab,

4:20 And

Amminadab begat

Nahshon, and

Nahshon begat

Salmon,

4:21 And Salmon

begat Boaz, and

Boaz begat Obed,

4:22 And Obed

begat Jesse, and

Jesse begat

David.

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