Ruth 2
Ruth Gleans in the
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And Na-o'mi had a kinsman of her
husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elim'elech; and
his name was Boaz.
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And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Na-o'mi,
Let me now go to the field, and glean Lev. 19.9, 10 · Deut. 24.19 ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find
grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
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And she went, and came, and gleaned in
the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of
the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred
of Elim'elech.
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And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem,
and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless
thee.
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Then said Boaz unto his servant that was
set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
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And the servant that was set over the
reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that
came back with Na-o'mi out of the country of Moab:
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and she said, I pray you, let me glean
and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and
hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a
little in the house.
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Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou
not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from
hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
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let thine eyes be on the
field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged
the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art
athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the
young men have drawn.
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Then she fell on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in
thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
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And Boaz answered and said unto her, It
hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy
mother-in-law since the death of thine husband; and how thou
hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity,
and art come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore.
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The LORD recompense
thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust.
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Then she said, Let me find favor in thy
sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou
hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto
one of thine handmaidens.
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And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime
come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the
vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
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And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the
sheaves, and reproach her not:
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and let fall also some of the
handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may
glean them, and rebuke her not.
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So she gleaned in the field until even,
and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of
barley.
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And 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 that she had reserved after she was
sufficed.
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And her mother-in-law said unto her,
Where hast thou gleaned today? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be
he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law
with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I
wrought today is Boaz.
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And Na-o'mi said unto her
daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living
and to the dead. And Na-o'mi said unto her, The man is near
of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
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And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto
me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended
all my harvest.
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And Na-o'mi said unto Ruth her
daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out
with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other
field.
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So 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.
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