And Naomi{H5281} had a kinsman{H4129} of her husband's,{H376} a mighty{H1368} man{H376} of wealth,{H2428} of the family{H4940} of Elimelech,{H458} and his name{H8034} was Boaz.{H1162}

And Ruth{H7327} the Moabitess{H4125} said{H559} unto Naomi,{H5281} Let me now go{H3212} to the field,{H7704} and glean{H3950} among the ears of grain{H7641} after{H310} him in whose sight{H5869} I shall find{H4672} favor.{H2580} And she said{H559} unto her, Go,{H3212} my daughter.{H1323}

And she went,{H3212} and came{H935} and gleaned{H3950} in the field{H7704} after{H310} the reapers:{H7114} and her hap{H4745} was to light{H7136} on the portion{H2513} of the field{H7704} belonging unto Boaz,{H1162} who was of the family{H4940} of Elimelech.{H458}

And, behold, Boaz{H1162} came{H935} from Beth-lehem,{H1035} and said{H559} unto the reapers,{H7114} Jehovah{H3068} be with you. And they answered{H559} him, Jehovah{H3068} bless{H1288} thee.

Then said{H559} Boaz{H1162} unto his servant{H5288} that was set{H5324} over the reapers,{H7114} Whose damsel{H5291} is this?

And the servant{H5288} that was set{H5324} over the reapers{H7114} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} It is the Moabitish{H4125} damsel{H5291} that came back{H7725} with Naomi{H5281} out of the country{H7704} of Moab:{H4124}

And she said,{H559} Let me glean,{H3950} I pray you, and gather{H622} after{H310} the reapers{H7114} among the sheaves.{H6016} So she came,{H935} and hath continued{H5975} even{H227} from the morning{H1242} until now, save that she tarried{H3427} a little{H4592} in the house.{H1004}

Then said{H559} Boaz{H1162} unto Ruth,{H7327} Hearest{H8085} thou not, my daughter?{H1323} Go{H3212} not to glean{H3950} in another{H312} field,{H7704} neither pass{H5674} from hence, but abide{H1692} here fast by my maidens.{H5291}

Let thine eyes{H5869} be on the field{H7704} that they do reap,{H7114} and go{H1980} thou after{H310} them: have I not charged{H6680} the young men{H5288} that they shall not touch{H5060} thee? and when thou art athirst,{H6770} go{H1980} unto the vessels,{H3627} and drink{H8354} of that which the young men{H5288} have drawn.{H7579}

Then she fell{H5307} on her face,{H6440} and bowed{H7812} herself to the ground,{H776} and said{H559} unto him, Why have I found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} that thou shouldest take knowledge{H5234} of me, seeing I am a foreigner?{H5237}

And Boaz{H1162} answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto her, It hath fully{H5046} been showed{H5046} me, all that thou hast done{H6213} unto thy mother-in-law{H2545} since{H310} the death{H4194} of thy husband;{H376} and how thou hast left{H5800} thy father{H1} and thy mother,{H517} and the land{H776} of thy nativity,{H4138} and art come{H3212} unto a people{H5971} that thou knewest{H3045} not heretofore.{H8543}

Jehovah{H3068} recompense{H7999} thy work,{H6467} and a full{H8003} reward{H4909} be given thee of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} under whose wings{H3671} thou art come{H935} to take refuge.{H2620}

Then she said,{H559} Let me find{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} my lord,{H113} for that thou hast comforted{H5162} me, and for that thou hast spoken{H1696} kindly{H3820} unto thy handmaid,{H8198} though I be not as one{H259} of thy handmaidens.{H8198}

And at meal-time{H6256} Boaz{H1162} said{H559} unto her, Come{H5066} hither,{H1988} and eat{H398} of the bread,{H3899} and dip{H2881} thy morsel{H6595} in the vinegar.{H2558} And she sat{H3427} beside{H6654} the reapers,{H7114} and they reached{H6642} her parched{H7039} grain, and she did eat,{H398} and was sufficed,{H7646} and left{H3498} thereof.

And when she was risen up{H6965} to glean,{H3950} Boaz{H1162} commanded{H6680} his young men,{H5288} saying,{H559} Let her glean{H3950} even among the sheaves,{H6016} and reproach{H3637} her not.

And also pull{H7997} out some for{H7997} her from the bundles,{H6653} and leave{H5800} it, and let her glean,{H3950} and rebuke{H1605} her not.

So she gleaned{H3950} in the field{H7704} until even;{H6153} and she beat out{H2251} that which she had gleaned,{H3950} and it was about an ephah{H374} of barley.{H8184}

And she took it up,{H5375} and went{H935} into the city;{H5892} and her mother-in-law{H2545} saw{H7200} what she had gleaned:{H3950} and she brought forth{H3318} and gave{H5414} to her that which she had left{H3498} after she was sufficed.{H7648}

And her mother-in-law{H2545} said{H559} unto her, Where hast thou gleaned{H3950} to-day?{H3117} and where{H375} hast thou wrought?{H6213} blessed{H1288} be he that did take knowledge{H5234} of thee. And she showed{H5046} her mother-in-law{H2545} with whom she had wrought,{H6213} and said,{H559} The man's{H376} name{H8034} with whom I wrought{H6213} to-day{H3117} is Boaz.{H1162}

And Naomi{H5281} said{H559} unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed{H1288} be he of Jehovah,{H3068} who hath not left off{H5800} his kindness{H2617} to the living{H2416} and to the dead.{H4191} And Naomi{H5281} said{H559} unto her, The man{H376} is nigh of kin{H7138} unto us, one{H376} of our near kinsmen.{H1350}

And Ruth{H7327} the Moabitess{H4125} said,{H559} Yea, he said{H559} unto me, Thou shalt keep fast{H1692} by my young men,{H5288} until they have ended{H3615} all my harvest.{H7105}

And Naomi{H5281} said{H559} unto Ruth{H7327} her daughter-in-law,{H3618} It is good,{H2896} my daughter,{H1323} that thou go out{H3318} with his maidens,{H5291} and that they meet{H6293} thee not in any other{H312} field.{H7704}

So she kept fast{H1692} by the maidens{H5291} of Boaz,{H1162} to glean{H3950} unto the end{H3615} of barley{H8184} harvest{H7105} and of wheat{H2406} harvest;{H7105} and she dwelt{H3427} with her mother-in-law.{H2545}