Ruth 2:8–13

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Let me give you some advice. Don’t pick up corn anywhere except in this field. Work with the women here; ⁹watch them to see where they are reaping and stay with them. I have ordered my men not to molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and drink from the water jars that they have filled.”

¹⁰Ruth bowed down with her face touching the ground, and said to Boaz, “Why should you be so concerned about me? Why should you be so kind to a foreigner?”

¹¹Boaz answered, “I have heard about everything that you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. I know how you left your father and mother and your own country and how you came to live among a people you had never known before. ¹²May the Lord reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!”

¹³Ruth answered, “You are very kind^f to me, sir. You have made me feel better by speaking gently to me, even though I am not the equal of one of your servants.”