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Ruth Finds a Husband

3Some time later Naomi said to Ruth, "I must find a husband for you, so that you will have a home of your own.H5281H2545H559H1323H1245H4494H3190
2Remember that this man Boaz, whose women you have been working with, is our relative. Now listen. This evening he will be threshing the barley.H1162H4130H5291H2219H8184H3915H1637
3So wash yourself, put on some perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go where he is threshing, but don't let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.H7364H5480H7760H8071H3381H1637H3045H376H3615H398H8354
4Be sure to notice where he lies down, and after he falls asleep, go and lift the covers and lie down at his feet. He will tell you what to do."H7901H3045H4725H7901H935H1540H4772H7901H5046H6213
5Ruth answered, "I will do everything you say."H559H559H6213
6So Ruth went to the threshing place and did just what her mother-in-law had told her.H3381H1637H6213H2545H6680
7When Boaz had finished eating and drinking, he was in a good mood. He went to the pile of barley and lay down to sleep. Ruth slipped over quietly, lifted the covers and lay down at his feet.H1162H398H8354H3820H3190H935H7901H7097H6194H935H3909H1540H4772H7901
8During the night he woke up suddenly, turned over, and was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet.H2677H3915H376H2729H3943H802H7901H4772
9"Who are you?" he asked. "It's Ruth, sir," she answered. "Because you are a close relative, you are responsible for taking care of me. So please marry me."H559H559H7327H519H6566H3671H519H1350
10"The LORD bless you," he said. "You are showing even greater family loyalty in what you are doing now than in what you did for your mother-in-law. You might have gone looking for a young man, either rich or poor, but you haven't.H559H1288H3068H1323H3190H2617H314H7223H3212H310H1115H970H1800H6223
11Now don't worry, Ruth. I will do everything you ask; as everyone in town knows, you are a fine woman.H1323H3372H6213H559H8179H5971H3045H2428H802
12It is true that I am a close relative and am responsible for you, but there is a man who is a closer relative than I am.H551H1350H3426H1350H7138
13Stay here the rest of the night, and in the morning we will find out whether or not he will take responsibility for you. If so, well and good; if not, then I swear by the living LORD that I will take the responsibility. Now lie down and stay here till morning."H3885H3915H1242H1350H2896H1350H2654H1350H1350H3068H2416H7901H1242
14So she lay there at his feet, but she got up before it was light enough for her to be seen, because Boaz did not want anyone to know that she had been there.H7901H4772H1242H6965H2958H376H5234H7453H559H3045H802H935H1637
15Boaz said to her, "Take off your cloak and spread it out here." She did, and he poured out almost fifty pounds of barley and helped her lift it to her shoulder. Then she returned to town with it.H559H3051H4304H270H270H4058H8337H8184H7896H935H5892
16When she arrived home, her mother-in-law asked her, "How did you get along, daughter?" Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her.H935H2545H559H1323H5046H376H6213
17She added, "He told me I must not come back to you empty-handed, so he gave me all this barley."H559H8337H8184H5414H559H935H7387H2545
18Naomi said to her, "Now be patient, Ruth, until you see how this all turns out. Boaz will not rest today until he settles the matter."H559H3427H1323H3045H1697H5307H376H8252H518H3615H1697H3117


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