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And Naomi[H5281] had a kinsman[H4129] of her husband's, a mighty[H1368]man[H376] of wealth[H2428], of the family[H4940] of Elimelech[H458]; and his name[H8034] was Boaz[H1162].
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And Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125]said[H559] unto Naomi[H5281], Let me now go[H3212] to the field[H7704], and glean[H3950] ears of corn[H7641]after[H310] him in whose sight[H5869] I shall find[H4672]grace[H2580]. And she said[H559] unto her, Go[H3212], my daughter[H1323].
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And she went[H3212], and came[H935], and gleaned[H3950] in the field[H7704]after[H310] the reapers[H7114]: and her hap[H4745] was to light[H7136] on a part[H2513] of the field[H7704] belonging unto Boaz[H1162], who was of the kindred[H4940] of Elimelech[H458].
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And, behold, Boaz[H1162]came[H935] from Bethlehem[H1035], and said[H559] unto the reapers[H7114], The LORD[H3068] be with you. And they answered[H559] him, The LORD[H3068]bless[H1288] thee.
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Then said[H559]Boaz[H1162] unto his servant[H5288] that was set[H5324] over the reapers[H7114], Whose damsel[H5291] is this?
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And the servant[H5288] that was set[H5324] over the reapers[H7114]answered[H6030] and said[H559], It is the Moabitish[H4125]damsel[H5291] that came back[H7725] with Naomi[H5281] out of the country[H7704] of Moab[H4124]:
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And she said[H559], I pray you, let me glean[H3950] and gather[H622]after[H310] the reapers[H7114] among the sheaves[H6016]: so she came[H935], and hath continued[H5975]even[H227] from the morning[H1242] until now, that she tarried[H3427] a little[H4592] in the house[H1004].
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Then said[H559]Boaz[H1162] unto Ruth[H7327], Hearest[H8085] thou not, my daughter?[H1323]Go[H3212] not to glean[H3950] in another[H312]field[H7704], neither go[H5674] from hence, but abide[H1692] here fast by my maidens[H5291]:
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Let thine eyes[H5869] be on the field[H7704] that they do reap[H7114], and go[H1980] thou after[H310] them: have I not charged[H6680] the young men[H5288] that they shall not touch[H5060] thee? and when thou art athirst[H6770], go[H1980] unto the vessels[H3627], and drink[H8354] of that which the young men[H5288] have drawn[H7579].
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Then she fell[H5307] on her face[H6440], and bowed[H7812] herself to the ground[H776], and said[H559] unto him, Why have I found[H4672]grace[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869], that thou shouldest take knowledge[H5234] of me, seeing I am a stranger?[H5237]
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And Boaz[H1162]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto her, It hath fully[H5046] been shewed[H5046] me, all that thou hast done[H6213] unto thy mother[H517] in law[H2545]since[H310] the death[H4194] of thine husband[H376]: and how thou hast left[H5800] thy father[H1] and thy mother[H517], and the land[H776] of thy nativity[H4138], and art come[H3212] unto a people[H5971] which thou knewest[H3045] not heretofore[H8543].
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The LORD[H3068]recompense[H7999] thy work[H6467], and a full[H8003]reward[H4909] be given thee of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], under whose wings[H3671] thou art come[H935] to trust[H2620].
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Then she said[H559], Let me find[H4672]favour[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], my lord[H113]; for that thou hast comforted[H5162] me, and for that thou hast spoken[H1696]friendly[H3820] unto thine handmaid[H8198], though I be not like unto one[H259] of thine handmaidens[H8198].
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And Boaz[H1162]said[H559] unto her, At mealtime[H6256]come[H5066] thou hither[H1988], and eat[H398] of the bread[H3899], and dip[H2881] thy morsel[H6595] in the vinegar[H2558]. And she sat[H3427]beside[H6654] the reapers[H7114]: and he reached[H6642] her parched[H7039] corn, and she did eat[H398], and was sufficed[H7646], and left[H3498].
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And when she was risen up[H6965] to glean[H3950], Boaz[H1162]commanded[H6680] his young men[H5288], saying[H559], Let her glean[H3950] even among the sheaves[H6016], and reproach[H3637] her not:
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And let fall[H7997] also some of the handfuls[H6653] of purpose[H7997] for her, and leave[H5800] them, that she may glean[H3950] them, and rebuke[H1605] her not.
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So she gleaned[H3950] in the field[H7704] until even[H6153], and beat out[H2251] that she had gleaned[H3950]: and it was about an ephah[H374] of barley[H8184].
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And she took it up[H5375], and went[H935] into the city[H5892]: and her mother in law[H2545]saw[H7200] what she had gleaned[H3950]: and she brought forth[H3318], and gave[H5414] to her that she had reserved[H3498] after she was sufficed[H7648].
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And her mother in law[H2545]said[H559] unto her, Where[H375] hast thou gleaned[H3950] to day?[H3117] and where[H375]wroughtest[H6213] thou? blessed[H1288] be he that did take knowledge[H5234] of thee. And she shewed[H5046] her mother in law[H2545] with whom she had wrought[H6213], and said[H559], The man's name[H8034] with whom I wrought[H6213] to day[H3117] is Boaz[H1162].
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And Naomi[H5281]said[H559] unto her daughter in law[H3618], Blessed[H1288] be he of the LORD[H3068], who hath not left off[H5800] his kindness[H2617] to the living[H2416] and to the dead[H4191]. And Naomi[H5281]said[H559] unto her, The man[H376] is near of kin[H7138] unto us, one of our next kinsmen[H1350].
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And Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125]said[H559], He said[H559] unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast[H1692] by my young men[H5288], until they have ended[H3615] all my harvest[H7105].
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And Naomi[H5281]said[H559] unto Ruth[H7327] her daughter[H1323] in law[H3618], It is good[H2896], my daughter[H1323], that thou go out[H3318] with his maidens[H5291], that they meet[H6293] thee not in any other[H312]field[H7704].
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So she kept fast[H1692] by the maidens[H5291] of Boaz[H1162] to glean[H3950] unto the end[H3615] of barley[H8184]harvest[H7105] and of wheat[H2406]harvest[H7105]; and dwelt[H3427] with her mother in law[H2545].