Ruth 2:14–23

¹⁴And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in ^mthe vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and ⁿwas sufficed, and left. ¹⁵And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ^†reproach her not: ¹⁶And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. ¹⁷So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ^oephah of barley. ¹⁸And 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 ^pthat she had reserved after she was sufficed. ¹⁹And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did ^qtake 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. ²⁰And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, ^rBlessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness ^sto the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, ^||one of our next kinsmen. ²¹And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by ^tmy young men, until they have ended all my harvest. ²²And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with ^this maidens, that they ^||meet thee not in any other field. ²³So 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.