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[1]And NaomiH5281 had a kinsmanH4129[H8675][H3045][H8794] of her husband'sH376, a mightyH1368 manH376 of wealthH2428, of the familyH4940 of ElimelechH458; and his nameH8034 was BoazH1162.
[2]And RuthH7327 the MoabitessH4125 saidH559[H8799] unto NaomiH5281, Let me now goH3212[H8799] to the fieldH7704, and gleanH3950[H8762] ears of cornH7641 afterH310 him in whose sightH5869 I shall findH4672[H8799] graceH2580. And she saidH559[H8799] unto her, GoH3212[H8798], my daughterH1323.
[3]And she wentH3212[H8799], and cameH935[H8799], and gleanedH3950[H8762] in the fieldH7704 afterH310 the reapersH7114[H8802]: and her hapH4745 was to lightH7136[H8799] on a partH2513 of the fieldH7704 belonging unto BoazH1162, who was of the kindredH4940 of ElimelechH458.
[4]And, behold, BoazH1162 cameH935[H8802] from BethlehemH1035, and saidH559[H8799] unto the reapersH7114[H8802], The LORDH3068 be with you. And they answeredH559[H8799] him, The LORDH3068 blessH1288 theeH8762.
[5]Then saidH559[H8799] BoazH1162 unto his servantH5288 that was setH5324[H8737] over the reapersH7114[H8802], Whose damsel is thisH5291?
[6]And the servantH5288 that was setH5324[H8737] over the reapersH7114[H8802] answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799], It is the MoabitishH4125 damselH5291 that came backH7725[H8804] with NaomiH5281 out of the countryH7704 of MoabH4124:
[7]And she saidH559[H8799], I pray you, let me gleanH3950[H8762] and gatherH622[H8804] afterH310 the reapersH7114[H8802] among the sheavesH6016: so she cameH935[H8799], and hath continuedH5975[H8799] evenH227 from the morningH1242 until now, that she tarriedH3427[H8800] a littleH4592 in the houseH1004.
[8]Then saidH559[H8799] BoazH1162 unto RuthH7327, HearestH8085[H8804] thou not, my daughterH1323? GoH3212[H8799] not to gleanH3950[H8800] in anotherH312 fieldH7704, neither goH5674[H8799] from hence, but abideH1692[H8799] here fast by my maidensH5291:
[9]Let thine eyesH5869 be on the fieldH7704 that they do reapH7114[H8799], and goH1980[H8804] thou afterH310 them: have I not chargedH6680[H8765] the young menH5288 that they shall not touchH5060[H8800] thee? and when thou art athirstH6770[H8804], goH1980[H8804] unto the vesselsH3627, and drinkH8354[H8804] of that which the young menH5288 have drawnH7579.[H8799]
[10]Then she fellH5307[H8799] on her faceH6440, and bowedH7812[H8691] herself to the groundH776, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, Why have I foundH4672[H8804] graceH2580 in thine eyesH5869, that thou shouldest take knowledgeH5234[H8687] of me, seeing I am a strangerH5237?
[11]And BoazH1162 answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799] unto her, It hath fullyH5046[H8715] been shewedH5046[H8717] me, all that thou hast doneH6213[H8804] unto thy mother in lawH2545 sinceH310 the deathH4194 of thine husbandH376: and how thou hast leftH5800[H8799] thy fatherH1 and thy motherH517, and the landH776 of thy nativityH4138, and art comeH3212[H8799] unto a peopleH5971 which thou knewestH3045[H8804] not heretoforeH8543.[H8032]
[12]The LORDH3068 recompenseH7999[H8762] thy workH6467, and a fullH8003 rewardH4909 be given thee of the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, under whose wingsH3671 thou art comeH935[H8804] to trustH2620.[H8800]
[13]Then she saidH559[H8799], Let me findH4672[H8799] favourH2580 in thy sightH5869, my lordH113; for that thou hast comfortedH5162[H8765] me, and for that thou hast spokenH1696[H8765] friendlyH3820 unto thine handmaidH8198, though I be not like unto oneH259 of thine handmaidensH8198.
[14]And BoazH1162 saidH559[H8799] unto her, At mealtimeH6256[H400] comeH5066[H8798] thou hitherH1988, and eatH398[H8804] of the breadH3899, and dipH2881[H8804] thy morselH6595 in the vinegarH2558. And she satH3427[H8799] besideH6654 the reapersH7114[H8802]: and he reachedH6642[H8799] her parchedH7039 corn, and she did eatH398[H8799], and was sufficedH7646[H8799], and leftH3498.[H8686]
[15]And when she was risen upH6965[H8799] to gleanH3950[H8763], BoazH1162 commandedH6680[H8762] his young menH5288, sayingH559[H8800], Let her gleanH3950[H8762] even among the sheavesH6016, and reproachH3637 her notH8686:
[16]And let fallH7997[H8799] also some of the handfulsH6653 of purposeH7997[H8800] for her, and leaveH5800[H8804] them, that she may gleanH3950[H8765] them, and rebukeH1605 her notH8799.
[17]So she gleanedH3950[H8762] in the fieldH7704 until evenH6153, and beat outH2251[H8799] that she had gleanedH3950[H8765]: and it was about an ephahH374 of barleyH8184.
[18]And she took it upH5375[H8799], and wentH935[H8799] into the cityH5892: and her mother in lawH2545 sawH7200[H8799] what she had gleanedH3950[H8765]: and she brought forthH3318[H8686], and gaveH5414[H8799] to her that she had reservedH3498[H8689] after she was sufficedH7648.
[19]And her mother in lawH2545 saidH559[H8799] unto her, Where hast thou gleanedH3950[H8765] to dayH3117? and whereH375 wroughtestH6213[H8804] thou? blessedH1288[H8803] be he that did take knowledgeH5234[H8688] of thee. And she shewedH5046[H8686] her mother in lawH2545 with whom she had wroughtH6213[H8804], and saidH559[H8799], The man'sH376 nameH8034 with whom I wroughtH6213[H8804] to dayH3117 is BoazH1162.
[20]And NaomiH5281 saidH559[H8799] unto her daughter in lawH3618, BlessedH1288[H8803] be he of the LORDH3068, who hath not left offH5800[H8804] his kindnessH2617 to the livingH2416 and to the deadH4191[H8801]. And NaomiH5281 saidH559[H8799] unto her, The manH376 is near of kinH7138 unto us, one of our next kinsmenH1350.[H8802]
[21]And RuthH7327 the MoabitessH4125 saidH559[H8799], He saidH559[H8804] unto me also, Thou shalt keep fastH1692[H8799] by my young menH5288, until they have endedH3615[H8765] all my harvestH7105.
[22]And NaomiH5281 saidH559[H8799] unto RuthH7327 her daughter in lawH3618, It is goodH2896, my daughterH1323, that thou go outH3318[H8799] with his maidensH5291, that they meetH6293[H8799] thee not in any otherH312 fieldH7704.
[23]So she kept fastH1692[H8799] by the maidensH5291 of BoazH1162 to gleanH3950[H8763] unto the endH3615[H8800] of barleyH8184 harvestH7105 and of wheatH2406 harvestH7105; and dweltH3427[H8799] with her mother in lawH2545.
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