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Ruth 2
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Ruth Works in the Field of Boaz

2Naomi had a relative named Boaz, a rich and influential man who belonged to the family of her husband Elimelech.H5281H4129H3045H376H1368H376H2428H4940H458H8034H1162 2One day Ruth said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields to gather the grain that the harvest workers leave. I am sure to find someone who will let me work with him." Naomi answered, "Go ahead, daughter."H7327H4125H559H5281H3212H7704H3950H7641H310H5869H4672H2580H559H3212H1323 3So Ruth went out to the fields and walked behind the workers, picking up the heads of grain which they left. It so happened that she was in a field that belonged to Boaz.H3212H935H3950H7704H310H7114H4745H7136H2513H7704H1162H4940H458 4Some time later Boaz himself arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the workers. "The LORD be with you!" he said. "The LORD bless you!" they answered.H1162H935H1035H559H7114H3068H559H3068H1288 5Boaz asked the man in charge, "Who is that young woman?"H559H1162H5288H5324H7114H5291 6The man answered, "She is the foreigner who came back from Moab with Naomi.H5288H5324H7114H6030H559H4125H5291H7725H5281H7704H4124 7She asked me to let her follow the workers and gather grain. She has been working since early morning and has just now stopped to rest for a while under the shelter."H559H3950H622H310H7114H6016H935H5975H227H1242H3427H4592H1004 8Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Let me give you some advice. Don't gather grain anywhere except in this field. Work with the women here;H559H1162H7327H8085H1323H3212H3950H312H7704H5674H1692H5291 9watch them to see where they are reaping and stay with them. I have ordered my men not to molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and drink from the water jars that they have filled."H5869H7704H7114H1980H310H6680H5288H5060H6770H1980H3627H8354H5288H7579 10Ruth bowed down with her face touching the ground, and said to Boaz, "Why should you be so concerned about me? Why should you be so kind to a foreigner?"H5307H6440H7812H776H559H4672H2580H5869H5234H5237 11Boaz answered, "I have heard about everything that you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. I know how you left your father and mother and your own country and how you came to live among a people you had never known before.H1162H6030H559H5046H5046H6213H2545H310H4194H376H5800H1H517H776H4138H3212H5971H3045H8543H8032 12May the LORD reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from the LORD God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!"H3068H7999H6467H8003H4909H3068H430H3478H3671H935H2620 13Ruth answered, "You are very kind to me, sir. You have made me feel better by speaking gently to me, even though I am not the equal of one of your servants."H559H4672H2580H5869H113H5162H1696H3820H8198H259H8198 14At mealtime Boaz said to Ruth, "Come and have a piece of bread, and dip it in the sauce." So she sat with the workers, and Boaz passed some roasted grain to her. She ate until she was satisfied, and she still had some food left over.H1162H559H6256H400H5066H1988H398H3899H2881H6595H2558H3427H6654H7114H6642H7039H398H7646H3498 15After she had left to go and gather grain, Boaz ordered the workers, "Let her gather grain even where the bundles are lying, and don't say anything to stop her.H6965H3950H1162H6680H5288H559H3950H6016H3637 16Besides that, pull out some heads of grain from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up."H7997H6653H7997H5800H3950H1605 17So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening, and when she had beaten it out, she found she had nearly twenty-five pounds.H3950H7704H6153H2251H3950H374H8184 18She took the grain back into town and showed her mother-in-law how much she had gathered. She also gave her the food left over from the meal.H5375H935H5892H2545H7200H3950H3318H5414H3498H7648 19Naomi asked her, "Where did you gather all this grain today? Whose field have you been working in? May God bless the man who took an interest in you!" So Ruth told Naomi that she had been working in a field belonging to a man named Boaz.H2545H559H3950H3117H375H6213H1288H5234H5046H2545H6213H559H376H8034H6213H3117H1162 20"May the LORD bless Boaz!" Naomi exclaimed. "The LORD always keeps his promises to the living and the dead." And she went on, "That man is a close relative of ours, one of those responsible for taking care of us."H5281H559H3618H1288H3068H5800H2617H2416H4191H5281H559H376H7138H1350 21Then Ruth said, "Best of all, he told me to keep gathering grain with his workers until they finish the harvest."H7327H4125H559H559H1692H5288H3615H7105 22Naomi said to Ruth, "Yes, daughter, it will be better for you to work with the women in Boaz' field. You might be molested if you went to someone else's field."H5281H559H7327H3618H2896H1323H3318H5291H6293H312H7704 23So Ruth worked with them and gathered grain until all the barley and wheat had been harvested. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.H1692H5291H1162H3950H3615H8184H7105H2406H7105H3427H2545


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