Hennes svigermor spurte henne: Hvor plukket du aks i dag, og hvor har du arbeidet? Velsignet være den som har lagt merke til deg. Ruth fortalte svigermoren hvor hun hadde arbeidet, og sa: Navnet på mannen jeg arbeidet hos i dag, er Boas.
And her mother-in-law said to her, Where did you take up the grain today, and where were you working? May a blessing be on him who gave such attention to you. And she gave her mother-in-law an account of where she had been working, and said, The name of the man with whom I was working today is Boaz.