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RUTH ยท Chapter 2
2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And
she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who
was of the kindred of Elimelech.
2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers,
The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you.
2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
Whose damsel is this?
2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said,
It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country
of Moab:
2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning
until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hear you not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from behind, but abide here fast by
my maidens:
2:9 Let your eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go you after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and
when you are thirsty, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the
young men have drawn.
2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and
said unto him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It has fully been showed
me, all that you have done unto your mother in law since the death of your
husband: and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land
of your nativity, and are come unto a people which you knew not in time
past.
2:12 The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you
of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust.
2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in your sight, my lord; for
that you have comforted me, and for that you have spoken friendly unto
your handmaid, though I be not like unto one of your handmaidens.
2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come you here, and eat of
the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and
left.
2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and
leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she
had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in
law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that
she had reserved after she was sufficed.
2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where have you gleaned to
day? and where wrought you? blessed be he that did take knowledge
of you. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and
said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the
LORD, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.
And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen.
2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, You shall keep
fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter,
that you go out with his maidens, that they meet you not in any other field.
2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end
of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
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