Ruth 2:8–13

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter.^E Don’t go and gather grain in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants. ⁹See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

¹⁰She fell facedown, bowed to the ground,^d and said to him, “Why have I found favor with you, so that you notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

¹¹Boaz answered her, “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and your native land, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know. ¹²May the Lord reward you for what you have done,^e and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”^f

¹³“My lord,” she said, “I have found favor with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.”