RU-3:1  Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter,

shall I not

seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

RU-3:2  And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens

thou wast?

Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

RU-3:3  Wash thy self therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy

raiment upon

thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself

known unto the

man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

RU-3:4  And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt

mark the place

where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,

and lay thee

down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

RU-3:5  And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I

will do.

RU-3:6  And she went down unto the floor, and did according to

all that her

mother in law bade her.

RU-3:7  And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was

merry, he went to

lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,

and uncovered

his feet, and laid her down.

RU-3:8  And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,

 and turned

himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

RU-3:9  And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am]

Ruth thine

handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for

thou [art] a

near kinsman.

RU-3:10  And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter:

 [for] thou

hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the

beginning, inasmuch as

thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

RU-3:11  And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all

that thou

requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou

[art] a virtuous

woman.

RU-3:12  And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman:

howbeit there is a

kinsman nearer than I.

RU-3:13  Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning,

[that] if he will

perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the

kinsman's part:

but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I

do the part

of a kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the

morning.

RU-3:14  And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose

up before one

could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a

woman came into

the floor.

RU-3:15  Also he said, Bring the veil that [thou hast] upon thee,

 and hold it.

And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and

laid [it] on

her: and she went into the city.

RU-3:16  And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who

[art] thou, my

daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

RU-3:17  And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me;

 for he said

to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

RU-3:18  Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know

how the matter

will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have

finished the thing

this day.

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