And Ruth the MoabitesssaiduntoNaomi, Let me now go to the field, and gleanears of cornafter him in whosesight I shallfindgrace. And she saidunto her, Go, my daughter.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the fieldafter the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the fieldbelonginguntoBoaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gatherafter the reapersamong the sheaves: so she came, and hathcontinuedevenfrom the morninguntil now, that she tarried a little in the house.
Let thineeyes be on the fieldthatthey do reap, and go thouafterthem: have I not charged the young men thattheyshall not touchthee? and whenthou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of thatwhich the young men havedrawn.
Then she fell on her face, and bowedherself to the ground, and saidunto him, Why have I foundgrace in thineeyes, thatthoushouldesttakeknowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
And Boazanswered and saidunto her, It hathfullybeenshewed me, all thatthouhastdoneunto thy mother in law since the death of thinehusband: and how thouhastleft thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art comeunto a peoplewhichthouknewest not heretofore.
Then she said, Let me findfavour in thy sight, my lord; for thatthouhastcomforted me, and for thatthouhastspokenfriendlyuntothinehandmaid, though I be not likeunto one of thinehandmaidens.
And Boazsaidunto her, At mealtimecomethouhither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parchedcorn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
And she took it up, and wentinto the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she broughtforth, and gave to her that she had reservedafter she was sufficed.
And her mother in law saidunto her, Wherehastthougleaned to day? and wherewroughtestthou? blessed be he that did takeknowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law withwhom she had wrought, and said, The man’snamewithwhom I wrought to day is Boaz.
And Naomisaidunto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomisaidunto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our nextkinsmen.