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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