Ruth 2:1–7

Ruth Gathers Grain in the Field of Boaz

¹Naomi had a relative. He was from Elimelech’s side of the family. He was a man of outstanding character named Boaz. 

²Ruth, who was from Moab, said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field of anyone who will be kind to me. There I will gather the grain left behind by the reapers.” 

Naomi told her, “Go, my daughter.” 

³So Ruth went. She entered a field and gathered the grain left behind by the reapers. Now it happened that she ended up in the part of the field that belonged to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family. 

⁴Just then, Boaz was coming from Bethlehem, and he said to his reapers, “May the Lord be with all of you!” 

They answered him, “May the Lord bless you!” 

⁵Boaz asked the young man in charge of his reapers, “Who is this young woman?” 

⁶The young man answered, “She’s a young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. ⁷She said, ‘Please let me gather grain. I will only gather among the bundles behind the reapers.’ So she came here and has been on her feet from daybreak until now. She just sat down this minute in the shelter.”