2:1 Now
Naomi
had
a
relative
of
her
husband's,
a
worthy
man
of
the
clan
of
Elimelech,
whose
name
was
Boaz.
2:2 And
Ruth
the
Moabite
said
to
Naomi,
"Let
me
go
to
the
field
and
glean
among
the
ears
of
grain
after
him
in
whose
sight
I
shall
find
favor."
And
she
said
to
her,
"Go,
my
daughter."
2:3 So
she
set
out
and
went
and
gleaned
in
the
field
after
the
reapers,
and
she
happened
to
come
to
the
part
of
the
field
belonging
to
Boaz,
who
was
of
the
clan
of
Elimelech.
2:4 And
behold,
Boaz
came
from
Bethlehem.
And
he
said
to
the
reapers,
"The
LORD
be
with
you!"
And
they
answered,
"The
LORD
bless
you."
2:5 Then
Boaz
said
to
his
young
man
who
was
in
charge
of
the
reapers,
"Whose
young
woman
is
this"
2:6 And
the
servant
who
was
in
charge
of
the
reapers
answered,
"She
is
the
young
Moabite
woman,
who
came
back
with
Naomi
from
the
country
of
Moab.
2:7 She
said,
'Please
let
me
glean
and
gather
among
the
sheaves
after
the
reapers.'
So
she
came,
and
she
has
continued
from
early
morning
until
now,
except
for
a
short
rest."
2:8 Then
Boaz
said
to
Ruth,
"Now,
listen,
my
daughter,
do
not
go
to
glean
in
another
field
or
leave
this
one,
but
keep
close
to
my
young
women.
2:9 Let
your
eyes
be
on
the
field
that
they
are
reaping,
and
go
after
them.
Have
I
not
charged
the
young
men
not
to
touch
you
And
when
you
are
thirsty,
go
to
the
vessels
and
drink
what
the
young
men
have
drawn."
2:10 Then
she
fell
on
her
face,
bowing
to
the
ground,
and
said
to
him,
"Why
have
I
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
that
you
should
take
notice
of
me,
since
I
am
a
foreigner"
2:11 But
Boaz
answered
her,
"All
that
you
have
done
for
your
mother-in-law
since
the
death
of
your
husband
has
been
fully
told
to
me,
and
how
you
left
your
father
and
mother
and
your
native
land
and
came
to
a
people
that
you
did
not
know
before.
2:12 The
LORD
repay
you
for
what
you
have
done,
and
a
full
reward
be
given
you
by
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
under
whose
wings
you
have
come
to
take
refuge!"
2:13 Then
she
said,
"I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
my
lord,
for
you
have
comforted
me
and
spoken
kindly
to
your
servant,
though
I
am
not
one
of
your
servants."
2:14 And
at
mealtime
Boaz
said
to
her,
"Come
here
and
eat
some
bread
and
dip
your
morsel
in
the
wine."
So
she
sat
beside
the
reapers,
and
he
passed
to
her
roasted
grain.
And
she
ate
until
she
was
satisfied,
and
she
had
some
left
over.
2:15 When
she
rose
to
glean,
Boaz
instructed
his
young
men,
saying,
"Let
her
glean
even
among
the
sheaves,
and
do
not
reproach
her.
2:16 And
also
pull
out
some
from
the
bundles
for
her
and
leave
it
for
her
to
glean,
and
do
not
rebuke
her."
2:17 So
she
gleaned
in
the
field
until
evening.
Then
she
beat
out
what
she
had
gleaned,
and
it
was
about
an
ephah
of
barley.
2:18 And
she
took
it
up
and
went
into
the
city.
Her
mother-in-law
saw
what
she
had
gleaned.
She
also
brought
out
and
gave
her
what
food
she
had
left
over
after
being
satisfied.
2:19 And
her
mother-in-law
said
to
her,
"Where
did
you
glean
today
And
where
have
you
worked
Blessed
be
the
man
who
took
notice
of
you."
So
she
told
her
mother-in-law
with
whom
she
had
worked
and
said,
"The
man's
name
with
whom
I
worked
today
is
Boaz."
2:20 And
Naomi
said
to
her
daughter-in-law,
"May
he
be
blessed
by
the
LORD,
whose
kindness
has
not
forsaken
the
living
or
the
dead!"
Naomi
also
said
to
her,
"The
man
is
a
close
relative
of
ours,
one
of
our
redeemers."
2:21 And
Ruth
the
Moabite
said,
"Besides,
he
said
to
me,
'You
shall
keep
close
by
my
young
men
until
they
have
finished
all
my
harvest.'"
2:22 And
Naomi
said
to
Ruth,
her
daughter-in-law,
"It
is
good,
my
daughter,
that
you
go
out
with
his
young
women,
lest
in
another
field
you
be
assaulted."
2:23 So
she
kept
close
to
the
young
women
of
Boaz,
gleaning
until
the
end
of
the
barley
and
wheat
harvests.
And
she
lived
with
her
mother-in-law.