Ruth 2

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1 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after who shall find grace. She said to her: Go, my daughter.
3 She went, and came, and gleaned in the field [ears] reapers. And it happened that the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you! They said to him, The LORD bless you!
5 And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 Servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, this young woman - Moabitess who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab;
7 She said, `I will glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers; and come, and is [here] from the morning until now; little it is at home.
8 And Boaz said to Ruth, Listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field, neither go from here, but stay here with my maids;
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go after them; Behold, I have ordered the young men not to touch you; When you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink of that which young men have drawn.
10 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 accept me even though I am a foreigner?
eleven Boaz answered and said unto her, me, all that thou hast done in-law since the death of your husband, that you left your father and your mother and your homeland and came to a people whom you did not know yesterday and the day before;
12 The LORD recompense thy work, and yes you will have a full reward from the LORD God of Israel, to whom you have come to take under his wing!
13 She said: Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord! You have comforted me and spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not one of your maidservants.
14 And Boaz said to her at dinner; Come hither, and eat bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers. He gave her bread; she ate, ate, and left.
15 And got up to glean. Boaz commanded his servants, saying, Let it selects and among the sheaves, and do not hurt her;
16 and the sheaves of recline her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and threshing harvested, and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 Taking it, she went into the city, and her mother in law saw what she had. And he took [she brought forth] and gave her what was left after she was sufficed.
19 And her mother in law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned today, and where she worked? blessed be accepted you! [Ruth]! announced her mother in law with whom she had worked, and said to the man with whom I worked today is Boaz name.
20 And Naomi said unto 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 Naomi said unto her, The man is near to us; , one of our relatives.
21 Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me, be with my young men, until they finished all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
23 So she picked up and maidens Voozovymi [ears], until the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest, and lived with her mother in law.

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