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[1]Then NaomiH5281 her mother in lawH2545 saidH559[H8799] unto her, My daughterH1323, shall I not seekH1245[H8762] restH4494 for thee, that it may be wellH3190 with theeH8799?
[2]And now is not BoazH1162 of our kindredH4130, with whose maidensH5291 thou wast? Behold, he winnowethH2219[H8802] barleyH8184 to nightH3915 in the threshingfloorH1637.
[3]WashH7364[H8804] thyself therefore, and anointH5480[H8804] thee, and putH7760[H8804] thy raimentH8071 upon thee, and get thee downH3381[H8804] to the floorH1637: but make not thyself knownH3045[H8735] unto the manH376, until he shall have doneH3615[H8763] eatingH398[H8800] and drinkingH8354.[H8800]
[4]And it shall be, when he lieth downH7901[H8800], that thou shalt markH3045[H8804] the placeH4725 where he shall lieH7901[H8799], and thou shalt go inH935[H8804], and uncoverH1540[H8765] his feetH4772, and lay thee downH7901[H8804]; and he will tellH5046[H8686] thee what thou shalt doH6213.[H8799]
[5]And she saidH559[H8799] unto her, All that thou sayestH559[H8799] unto me I will doH6213.[H8799]
[6]And she went downH3381[H8799] unto the floorH1637, and didH6213[H8799] according to all that her mother in lawH2545 badeH6680 herH8765.
[7]And when BoazH1162 had eatenH398[H8799] and drunkH8354[H8799], and his heartH3820 was merryH3190[H8799], he wentH935[H8799] to lie downH7901[H8800] at the endH7097 of the heap of cornH6194: and she cameH935[H8799] softlyH3909, and uncoveredH1540[H8762] his feetH4772, and laid her downH7901.[H8799]
[8]And it came to pass at midnightH2677[H3915], that the manH376 was afraidH2729[H8799], and turnedH3943[H8735] himself: and, behold, a womanH802 layH7901[H8802] at his feetH4772.
[9]And he saidH559[H8799], Who art thou? And she answeredH559[H8799], I am RuthH7327 thine handmaidH519: spreadH6566[H8804] therefore thy skirtH3671 over thine handmaidH519; for thou art a near kinsmanH1350.[H8802]
[10]And he saidH559[H8799], BlessedH1288[H8803] be thou of the LORDH3068, my daughterH1323: for thou hast shewedH3190[H8689] more kindnessH2617 in the latter endH314 than at the beginningH7223, inasmuch as thou followedstH3212[H8800][H310] notH1115 young menH970, whether poorH1800 or richH6223.
[11]And now, my daughterH1323, fearH3372[H8799] not; I will doH6213[H8799] to thee all that thou requirestH559[H8799]: for all the cityH8179 of my peopleH5971 doth knowH3045[H8802] that thou art a virtuousH2428 womanH802.
[12]And now it is trueH551 that I am thy near kinsmanH1350[H8802]: howbeit there isH3426 a kinsmanH1350[H8802] nearer than IH7138.
[13]TarryH3885[H8798] this nightH3915, and it shall be in the morningH1242, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsmanH1350[H8799], wellH2896; let him do the kinsman's partH1350[H8799]: but if he willH2654[H8799] not do the part of a kinsmanH1350[H8800] to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsmanH1350[H8804] to thee, as the LORDH3068 livethH2416: lie downH7901[H8798] until the morningH1242.
[14]And she layH7901[H8799] at his feetH4772 until the morningH1242: and she rose upH6965[H8799] beforeH2958 oneH376 could knowH5234[H8686] anotherH7453. And he saidH559[H8799], Let it not be knownH3045[H8735] that a womanH802 cameH935[H8804] into the floorH1637.
[15]Also he saidH559[H8799], BringH3051[H8798] the vailH4304 that thou hast upon thee, and holdH270[H8798] it. And when she heldH270[H8799] it, he measuredH4058[H8799] sixH8337 measures of barleyH8184, and laidH7896[H8799] it on her: and she wentH935[H8799] into the cityH5892.
[16]And when she cameH935[H8799] to her mother in lawH2545, she saidH559[H8799], Who art thou, my daughterH1323? And she toldH5046[H8686] her all that the manH376 had doneH6213 to herH8804.
[17]And she saidH559[H8799], These sixH8337 measures of barleyH8184 gaveH5414[H8804] he me; for he saidH559[H8804] to me, GoH935[H8799] not emptyH7387 unto thy mother in lawH2545.
[18]Then saidH559[H8799] she, Sit stillH3427[H8798], my daughterH1323, until thou knowH3045[H8799] how the matterH1697 will fallH5307[H8799]: for the manH376 will not be in restH8252[H8799], untilH518 he have finishedH3615[H8765] the thingH1697 this dayH3117.
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