1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth , of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz . 2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi , Let me now go to the field , and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor . And she said unto her , Go , my daughter . 3And she went , and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz , who was of the family of Elimelech. 4And , behold , Boaz came from Beth-lehem , and said unto the reapers , Jehovah be with you . And they answered him , Jehovah bless thee . 5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers , Whose damsel is this ? 6And 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 : 7and she said, Let me glean , I pray you , and gather after the reapers among the sheaves . So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now , save that she tarried a little in the house .
Boaz's Protection and Provision
8Then said Boaz unto Ruth , Hearest thou not , my daughter ? Go not to glean in another field , neither pass from hence , but abide here fast by my maidens . 9Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap , and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee ? and when thou art athirst , go unto the vessels , and drink of that which the young men have drawn . 10Then she fell on her face , and bowed herself to the ground , and said unto him , Why have I found favor in thy sight , that thou shouldest take knowledge of me , seeing I am a foreigner ? 11And Boaz answered and said unto her , It hath fully been showed me , all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity , and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore . 12Jehovah recompense thy work , and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah , the God of Israel , under whose wings thou art come to take refuge . 13Then she said , Let me find favor in thy sight , my lord, for that thou hast comforted me , and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid , though I be not as one of thy handmaidens . 14And at meal-time Boaz said unto her , Come hither , and eat of the bread , and dip thy morsel in the vinegar . And she sat beside the reapers , and they reached her parched grain , and she did eat , and was sufficed , and left thereof . 15And when she was risen up to glean , Boaz commanded his young men , saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves , and reproach her not . 16And also pull out some for her from the bundles , and leave it , and let her glean , and rebuke her not .
Ruth's Return to Naomi
17So she gleaned in the field until even ; and she beat out that which she had gleaned , and it was about an ephah of barley . 18And 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 which she had left after she was sufficed . 19And her mother-in-law said unto her , Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought ? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee . 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 . 20And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law , Blessed be he of Jehovah , who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead . And Naomi said unto her , The man is nigh of kin unto us , one of our near kinsmen . 21And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea , he said unto me , Thou shalt keep fast by my young men , until they have ended all my harvest . 22And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law , It is good , my daughter , that thou go out with his maidens , and that they meet thee not in any other field . 23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz , to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest ; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law .