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RTH 1:1  Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was
 a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn
 in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

RTH 1:2  And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
 Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

RTH 1:3  And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two
 sons.

RTH 1:4  And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was
 Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten
 years.

RTH 1:5  And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left
 of her two sons and her husband.

RTH 1:6  Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from
 the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the
 LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

RTH 1:7  Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
 daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land
 of Judah.

RTH 1:8  And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her
 mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the
 dead, and with me.

RTH 1:9  The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of
 her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

RTH 1:10  And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy
 people.

RTH 1:11  And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are
 there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

RTH 1:12  Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
 husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to
 night, and should also bear sons;

RTH 1:13  Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them
 from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your
 sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

RTH 1:14  And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her
 mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

RTH 1:15  And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
 people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

RTH 1:16  And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
 following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
 lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

RTH 1:17  Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do
 so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

RTH 1:18  When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she
 left speaking unto her.

RTH 1:19  So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass,
 when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and
 they said, Is this Naomi?

RTH 1:20  And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the
 Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

RTH 1:21  I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why
 then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the
 Almighty hath afflicted me?

RTH 1:22  So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with
 her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem
 in the beginning of barley harvest.

RTH 2:1  And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
 of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

RTH 2:2  And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the
 field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
 And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

RTH 2:3  And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
 and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was
 of the kindred of Elimelech.

RTH 2:4  And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
 LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

RTH 2:5  Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
 damsel is this?

RTH 2:6  And 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:

RTH 2:7  And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
 among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning
 until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

RTH 2:8  Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
 glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my
 maidens:

RTH 2:9  Let 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.

RTH 2:10  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?

RTH 2:11  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.

RTH 2:12  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.

RTH 2:13  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.

RTH 2:14  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.

RTH 2:15  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:

RTH 2:16  And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
 them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

RTH 2:17  So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
 gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

RTH 2:18  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.

RTH 2:19  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.

RTH 2:20  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 of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

RTH 2:21  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.

RTH 2:22  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.

RTH 2:23  So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of
 barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

RTH 3:1  Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not
 seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

RTH 3:2  And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?
 Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

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