Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a man of standing from the clan of

Ellie Melik, whose name was Boaz.

And Ruth the Moby said to Naomi,

let me go to the fields and pick the leftover grain

behind anyone in whose eyes I find a favor.

And Naomi said to her,

Go ahead, my daughter.

So she went out, entered a field, and began to glean behind the harvesters.

As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boas, who was from

their clan of Elemelic. Just then Boas arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the

harvesters. The Lord be with you. The Lord bless you, they answered.

Boas asked the overseer of the harvesters. Who does that young woman belong to?

The overseer replied,

she is the mowabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said,

please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.

She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now,

except for a short rest in the shelter.

So Boas said to Ruth,

my daughter, listen to me, Don't go and glean in any other field and don't go away from here.

Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting and follow along after the women.

I have told the men not to lay a hand on you.

And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars that the men have filled. At this she bowed down with her face to the ground and she asked him,

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