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2It so happened that Naomi had a relative by marriage, a man prominent and rich, connected with Elimelech's family. His name was Boaz.H5281H4129H3045H376H1368H376H2428H4940H458H8034H1162 2One day Ruth, the Moabite foreigner, said to Naomi, "I'm going to work; I'm going out to glean among the sheaves, following after some harvester who will treat me kindly." Naomi said, "Go ahead, dear daughter."H7327H4125H559H5281H3212H7704H3950H7641H310H5869H4672H2580H559H3212H1323 3And so she set out. She went and started gleaning in a field, following in the wake of the harvesters. Eventually she ended up in the part of the field owned by Boaz, her father-in-law Elimelech's relative.H3212H935H3950H7704H310H7114H4745H7136H2513H7704H1162H4940H458 4A little later Boaz came out from Bethlehem, greeting his harvesters, "GOD be with you!" They replied, "And GOD bless you!"H1162H935H1035H559H7114H3068H559H3068H1288 5Boaz asked his young servant who was foreman over the farm hands, "Who is this young woman? Where did she come from?"H559H1162H5288H5324H7114H5291 6The foreman said, "Why, that's the Moabite girl, the one who came with Naomi from the country of Moab.H5288H5324H7114H6030H559H4125H5291H7725H5281H7704H4124 7She asked permission. 'Let me glean,' she said, 'and gather among the sheaves following after your harvesters.' She's been at it steady ever since, from early morning until now, without so much as a break."H559H3950H622H310H7114H6016H935H5975H227H1242H3427H4592H1004 8Then Boaz spoke to Ruth: "Listen, my daughter. From now on don't go to any other field to glean—stay right here in this one. And stay close to my young women.H559H1162H7327H8085H1323H3212H3950H312H7704H5674H1692H5291 9Watch where they are harvesting and follow them. And don't worry about a thing; I've given orders to my servants not to harass you. When you get thirsty, feel free to go and drink from the water buckets that the servants have filled."H5869H7704H7114H1980H310H6680H5288H5060H6770H1980H3627H8354H5288H7579 10She dropped to her knees, then bowed her face to the ground. "How does this happen that you should pick me out and treat me so kindly—me, a foreigner?"H5307H6440H7812H776H559H4672H2580H5869H5234H5237 11Boaz answered her, "I've heard all about you—heard about the way you treated your mother-in-law after the death of her husband, and how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth and have come to live among a bunch of total strangers.H1162H6030H559H5046H5046H6213H2545H310H4194H376H5800H1H517H776H4138H3212H5971H3045H8543H8032 12GOD reward you well for what you've done—and with a generous bonus besides from GOD, to whom you've come seeking protection under his wings."H3068H7999H6467H8003H4909H3068H430H3478H3671H935H2620 13She said, "Oh sir, such grace, such kindness—I don't deserve it. You've touched my heart, treated me like one of your own. And I don't even belong here!"H559H4672H2580H5869H113H5162H1696H3820H8198H259H8198 14At the lunch break, Boaz said to her, "Come over here; eat some bread. Dip it in the wine." So she joined the harvesters. Boaz passed the roasted grain to her. She ate her fill and even had some left over.H1162H559H6256H400H5066H1988H398H3899H2881H6595H2558H3427H6654H7114H6642H7039H398H7646H3498 15When she got up to go back to work, Boaz ordered his servants: "Let her glean where there's still plenty of grain on the ground—make it easy for her.H6965H3950H1162H6680H5288H559H3950H6016H3637 16Better yet, pull some of the good stuff out and leave it for her to glean. Give her special treatment."H7997H6653H7997H5800H3950H1605 17Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. When she threshed out what she had gathered, she ended up with nearly a full sack of barley!H3950H7704H6153H2251H3950H374H8184 18She gathered up her gleanings, went back to town, and showed her mother-in-law the results of her day's work; she also gave her the leftovers from her lunch.H5375H935H5892H2545H7200H3950H3318H5414H3498H7648 19Naomi asked her, "So where did you glean today? Whose field? GOD bless whoever it was who took such good care of you!" Ruth told her mother-in-law, "The man with whom I worked today? His name is Boaz."H2545H559H3950H3117H375H6213H1288H5234H5046H2545H6213H559H376H8034H6213H3117H1162 20Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Why, GOD bless that man! GOD hasn't quite walked out on us after all! He still loves us, in bad times as well as good!" Naomi went on, "That man, Ruth, is one of our circle of covenant redeemers, a close relative of ours!"H5281H559H3618H1288H3068H5800H2617H2416H4191H5281H559H376H7138H1350 21Ruth the Moabitess said, "Well, listen to this: He also told me, 'Stick with my workers until my harvesting is finished.'"H7327H4125H559H559H1692H5288H3615H7105 22Naomi said to Ruth, "That's wonderful, dear daughter! Do that! You'll be safe in the company of his young women; no danger now of being raped in some stranger's field."H5281H559H7327H3618H2896H1323H3318H5291H6293H312H7704 23So Ruth did it—she stuck close to Boaz's young women, gleaning in the fields daily until both the barley and wheat harvesting were finished. And she continued living with her mother-in-law.H1692H5291H1162H3950H3615H8184H7105H2406H7105H3427H2545


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