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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.
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.
1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and
 her two sons.
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.
1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman
 was left of her two sons and her husband.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee
 unto thy people.
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?
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;
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.
1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah
 kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
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.
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:
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.
1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
 then she left speaking unto her.
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?
1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara:
 for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the
 reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?
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:
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.
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:
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
3:2 And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens
 thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the
 threshingfloor.
3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment
 upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not
 thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and
 drinking.
3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark