08:002:010 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself
to the ground,
and
said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes,
that
thou
shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
08:002:011 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It
hath fully been shewed
me,
all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since
the
death
of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father
and
thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a
people
which thou knewest not heretofore.
08:002:012 The lord recompense thy work, and
a full reward be given thee
of
the lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou
art come to
trust.
08:002:013 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy
sight, my lord; for
that
thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken
friendly
unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one
of
thine
handmaidens.
08:002:014 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come
thou hither, and eat
of
the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.
And she sat
beside
the reapers: and he reached her parched corn,
and she
did
eat, and was sufficed, and left.
08:002:015 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young
men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
reproach
her not:
08:002:016 And let fall also some of the handfuls
of purpose for her, and
leave
them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
08:002:017 So she gleaned in the field until even,
and beat out that she
had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
08:002:018 And 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 she had reserved after she was sufficed.
08:002:019 And her mother in law said unto her, Where
hast thou gleaned
to
day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that
did take
knowledge
of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with
whom
she
had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom
I wrought
to
day is Boaz.
08:002:020 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
of kin unto
us,
one of our next kinsmen.
08:002:021 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto
me also, Thou shalt
keep
fast by my young men, until they have ended all my
harvest.
08:002:022 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in
law, It is good, my
daughter,
that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet
thee
not in any other field.


