Ruth 3

3Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek ^arest for thee, that it may be well with thee? ²And now is not Boaz of our ^bkindred, ^cwith whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. ³Wash thyself therefore, and ^danoint 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. ⁴And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and ^||uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. ⁵And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. ⁶And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. ⁷And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and ^ehis heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and ^fshe came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. ⁸And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and ^||turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. ⁹And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: ^gspread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art ^||a near kinsman. ¹⁰And he said, ^hBlessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than ⁱat the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. ¹¹And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the ^†city of my people doth know that thou art ^ka virtuous woman. ¹²And now it is true that I am thy ^lnear kinsman: howbeit ^mthere is a kinsman nearer than I. ¹³Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will ⁿperform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, ^oas the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning. ¹⁴And she ^play at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. ¹⁵Also he said, Bring the ^||vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. ¹⁶And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. ¹⁷And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. ¹⁸Then said she, ^qSit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.