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Ruth
Chapter
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
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."
3
And she went, and came,
and
gleaned in the field after the reapers.
And
her fortune/chance was to light on a part of the field
belonging
to Boaz . . .
who
was of the kindred of Elimelech.
4
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem,
and
said unto the reapers,
"Jehovah/God
be with you."
And they answered him, "Jehovah/God bless you."
5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
"Whose
damsel is this?"
6
And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said,
"It
is the Moabitess damsel
who
came back with Naomi
out
of the country of Moab."
7
And she {Ruth} said, "Please/'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 waited/tarried a little in the house.
8
Then said Boaz unto Ruth,
"Hear
you not, my daughter?
Go
not to glean in another field,
neither
go from here, but abide here fast by my maidens."
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."
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 notice/knowledge of me {Ruth},
seeing
I am a stranger?"
11
And Boaz answered and said unto her,
"It
has fully been shown me,
all
that you have done on behalf of 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
have come unto a people who you knew not heretofore."
12
Jehovah/God recompenses your work,
and
a full reward be given you of Jehovah/God . . .
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel,
under
Whose wings you have come to trust.
13
Then she said,
"Let
me find grace/favor in your sight, my lord.
For
that you have comforted me,
and
for that you have spoken friendly unto your handmaid,
though
I am not like unto one of your handmaidens."
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 filled, and left.
15
And when she was risen up to glean,
Boaz
commanded his young men, saying,
"Let
her {Ruth} glean even among the sheaves,
and
reproach her not."
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."
17
So she gleaned in the field until even,
and
beat out that she had gleaned.
And it was about an ephah of barley.
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 filled/sufficed.
19
And her mother in law said unto her,
"Where
have you gleaned today?
And where did you work?
Blessed be he who did take notice/knowledge of you."
And
she showed her mother in law with whom
she
had worked, and said,
"The
man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz."
20
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law,
"Blessed
be he of Jehovah/God,
who
hath 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."
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."
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."
23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz
to
glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest
and
dwelt {yashab} with her mother in law.
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