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Rut 2:1--4:22

Ruth Works in the Field of Boaz

2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. 2:2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied, “You may go, my daughter.” 2:3 So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up 10  in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

Boaz and Ruth Meet

2:4 Now at that very moment, 11  Boaz arrived from Bethlehem 12  and greeted 13  the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, 14  “May the Lord bless you!” 2:5 Boaz asked 15  his servant 16  in charge of the harvesters, “To whom does this young woman belong?” 17  2:6 The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, “She’s the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab. 2:7 She asked, 18  ‘May I follow the harvesters and gather 19  grain among the bundles?’ 20  Since she arrived she has been working hard 21  from this morning until now 22  – except for 23  sitting 24  in the resting hut 25  a short time.” 26 

2:8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen carefully, 27  my dear! 28  Do not leave to gather grain in another field. You need not 29  go beyond the limits of this field. You may go along beside 30  my female workers. 31  2:9 Take note of 32  the field where the men 33  are harvesting and follow behind with the female workers. 34  I will tell the men 35  to leave you alone. 36  When you are thirsty, you may go to 37  the water jars 38  and drink some of the water 39  the servants draw.” 40 

2:10 Ruth 41  knelt before him with her forehead to the ground 42  and said to him, “Why are you so kind 43  and so attentive to me, 44  even though 45  I am a foreigner?” 46  2:11 Boaz replied to her, 47  “I have been given a full report of 48  all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband – how you left 49  your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously. 50  2:12 May the Lord reward your efforts! 51  May your acts of kindness be repaid fully 52  by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!” 53  2:13 She said, “You really are being kind to me, 54  sir, 55  for you have reassured 56  and encouraged 57  me, your servant, 58  even though I am 59  not one of your servants!” 60 

2:14 Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and have 61  some food! Dip your bread 62  in the vinegar!” So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed 63  her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest. 64  2:15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told 65  his male servants, “Let her gather grain even among 66  the bundles! Don’t chase her off! 67  2:16 Make sure you pull out 68  ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don’t tell her not to!” 69  2:17 So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed 70  what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds 71  of barley!

Ruth Returns to Naomi

2:18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw 72  how much grain 73  she had gathered. Then Ruth 74  gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime. 75  2:19 Her mother-in-law asked her, 76  “Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!” 77  So Ruth 78  told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 2:20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be rewarded by the Lord because he 79  has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!” 80  Then Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.” 81  2:21 Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even 82  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants 83  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” 84  2:22 Naomi then said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “It is good, my daughter, that you should go out to work with his female servants. 85  That way you will not be harmed, which could happen in another field.” 86  2:23 So Ruth 87  worked beside 88  Boaz’s female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest. 89  After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law. 90 

Naomi Instructs Ruth

3:1 At that time, 91  Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure. 92  3:2 Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. 93  Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor. 94  3:3 So bathe yourself, 95  rub on some perfumed oil, 96  and get dressed up. 97  Then go down 98  to the threshing floor. But don’t let the man know you’re there until he finishes his meal. 99  3:4 When he gets ready to go to sleep, 100  take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, 101  and lie down 102  beside him. 103  He will tell 104  you what you should do.” 3:5 Ruth replied to Naomi, 105  “I will do everything you have told 106  me 107  to do.” 108 

Ruth Visits Boaz

3:6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. 109  3:7 When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. 110  Then Ruth 111  crept up quietly, 112  uncovered his legs, 113  and lay down beside him. 114  3:8 In the middle of the night he was startled 115  and turned over. 116  Now 117  he saw a woman 118  lying beside him! 119  3:9 He said, “Who are you?” 120  She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant. 121  Marry your servant, 122  for you are a guardian of the family interests.” 123  3:10 He said, “May you be rewarded 124  by the Lord, my dear! 125  This act of devotion 126  is greater than what you did before. 127  For you have not sought to marry 128  one of the young men, whether rich or poor. 129  3:11 Now, my dear, don’t worry! 130  I intend to do for you everything you propose, 131  for everyone in the village 132  knows that you are a worthy woman. 133  3:12 Now yes, it is true that 134  I am a guardian, 135  but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am. 3:13 Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, 136  fine, 137  let him do so. 138  But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. 139  Sleep here until morning.” 140  3:14 So she slept beside him 141  until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. 142  Boaz thought, 143  “No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.” 144  3:15 Then he said, “Hold out the shawl 145  you are wearing 146  and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds 147  of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he 148  went into town, 3:16 and she returned to her mother-in-law.

Ruth Returns to Naomi

When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi 149  asked, 150  “How did things turn out for you, 151  my daughter?” Ruth 152  told her about all the man had done for her. 153  3:17 She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, 154  ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” 155  3:18 Then Naomi 156  said, “Stay put, 157  my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”

Boaz Settles the Matter

4:1 Now Boaz went up 158  to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian 159  whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! 160  Boaz said, “Come 161  here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” 162  So he came 163  and sat down. 4:2 Boaz chose ten of the village leaders 164  and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down. 4:3 Then Boaz said to the guardian, 165  “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling 166  the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech. 4:4 So I am legally informing you: 167  Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! 168  If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. 169  But if not, then tell me 170  so I will know. 171  For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.” 172  He replied, “I will redeem it.” 4:5 Then Boaz said, “When 173  you acquire the field 174  from Naomi, 175  you must also 176  acquire Ruth the Moabite, 177  the wife of our deceased relative, 178  in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.” 179  4:6 The guardian said, “Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance 180  in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.” 181  4:7 (Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel: 182  A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party. 183  This was a legally binding act 184  in Israel.) 4:8 So the guardian said to Boaz, “You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal. 185  4:9 Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. 4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property 186  so the name of the deceased might not disappear 187  from among his relatives and from his village. 188  You are witnesses today.” 4:11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May 189  you prosper 190  in Ephrathah and become famous 191  in Bethlehem. 192  4:12 May your family 193  become like the family of Perez 194  – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants 195  the Lord gives you by this young woman.”

A Grandson is Born to Naomi

4:13 So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. 196  The Lord enabled her to conceive 197  and she gave birth to a son. 4:14 The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian 198  today! May he 199  become famous in Israel! 200  4:15 He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, 201  for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She 202  is better to you than seven sons!” 4:16 Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; 203  she became his caregiver. 204  4:17 The neighbor women named him, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. 205  Now he became the father of Jesse – David’s father!

Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David

4:18 These are the descendants 206  of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, 4:19 Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, 4:20 Amminadab was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah, 4:21 Salmon 207  was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed, 4:22 Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David. 208 


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