Ruth 2:1–13

Ruth Gleans in Boaz’ Field

¹Now Naomi had ¹a kinsman of her husband, a ²mighty man of excellence, of the family of ^aElimelech, whose name was Boaz.

²And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and ^aglean among the ears of grain after one whom I may find favor in his eyes.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

³So she went. And she came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And ¹it so happened that she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

⁴Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “^aMay Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.”

⁵Then Boaz said to his young man who was ¹in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

⁶The young man ¹in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the fields of Moab.

⁷“And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

⁸Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but ¹stay here with my young women.

⁹“Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the young men not to touch you. And if you are thirsty, go to the ¹water jars and drink from what the young men draw.”

¹⁰Then she ^afell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, though I am a foreigner?”

¹¹Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you forsook your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know.

¹²“^aMay Yahweh fully repay your work, and may your wages be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^bunder whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

¹³Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”