Ruth 3:7–15

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,^k he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.^l Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^m over me, since you are a family guardian.ⁿ”

“The Lord bless you,^o my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:^p You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.^q Although it is true that I am a family guardian,^r there is another who is more closely related than^s I. Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your family guardian,^t good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives^u I will do it.^v Lie here until morning.”

So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.^w”^x

He also said, “Bring me the shawl^y you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and put it on her. Then he went back to town.