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Then Naomi[H5281] her mother in law[H2545]said[H559] unto her, My daughter[H1323], shall I not seek[H1245]rest[H4494] for thee, that it may be well[H3190] with thee?
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And now is not Boaz[H1162] of our kindred[H4130], with whose maidens[H5291] thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth[H2219]barley[H8184] to night[H3915] in the threshingfloor[H1637].
3Wash[H7364] thyself therefore, and anoint[H5480] thee, and put[H7760] thy raiment[H8071] upon thee, and get thee down[H3381] to the floor[H1637]: but make not thyself known[H3045] unto the man[H376], until he shall have done[H3615]eating[H398] and drinking[H8354].
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And it shall be, when he lieth down[H7901], that thou shalt mark[H3045] the place[H4725] where he shall lie[H7901], and thou shalt go in[H935], and uncover[H1540] his feet[H4772], and lay thee down[H7901]; and he will tell[H5046] thee what thou shalt do[H6213].
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And she said[H559] unto her, All that thou sayest[H559] unto me I will do[H6213].
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And she went down[H3381] unto the floor[H1637], and did[H6213] according to all that her mother in law[H2545]bade[H6680] her.
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And when Boaz[H1162] had eaten[H398] and drunk[H8354], and his heart[H3820] was merry[H3190], he went[H935] to lie down[H7901] at the end[H7097] of the heap of corn[H6194]: and she came[H935]softly[H3909], and uncovered[H1540] his feet[H4772], and laid her down[H7901].
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And it came to pass at midnight[H2677], that the man[H376] was afraid[H2729], and turned[H3943] himself: and, behold, a woman[H802]lay[H7901] at his feet[H4772].
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And he said[H559], Who art thou? And she answered[H559], I am Ruth[H7327] thine handmaid[H519]: spread[H6566] therefore thy skirt[H3671] over thine handmaid[H519]; for thou art a near kinsman[H1350].
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And he said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be thou of the LORD[H3068], my daughter[H1323]: for thou hast shewed[H3190] more kindness[H2617] in the latter end[H314] than at the beginning[H7223], inasmuch as thou followedst[H3212]not[H1115] young men[H970], whether poor[H1800] or rich[H6223].
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And now, my daughter[H1323], fear[H3372] not; I will do[H6213] to thee all that thou requirest[H559]: for all the city[H8179] of my people[H5971] doth know[H3045] that thou art a virtuous[H2428]woman[H802].
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And now it is[H3426]true[H551] that I am thy near kinsman[H1350]: howbeit there is[H3426] a kinsman[H1350]nearer[H7138] than I.
13Tarry[H3885] this night[H3915], and it shall be in the morning[H1242], that if he will[H2654] perform unto thee the part[H1350] of a kinsman[H1350], well[H2896]; let him do the kinsman[H1350]'s part[H1350]: but if he will[H2654] not do the part[H1350] of a kinsman[H1350] to thee, then will[H2654] I do the part[H1350] of a kinsman[H1350] to thee, as the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416]: lie down[H7901] until the morning[H1242].
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And she lay[H7901] at his feet[H4772] until the morning[H1242]: and she rose up[H6965]before[H2958]one[H376] could know[H5234]another[H7453]. And he said[H559], Let it not be known[H3045] that a woman[H802]came[H935] into the floor[H1637].
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Also he said[H559], Bring[H3051] the vail[H4304] that thou hast upon thee, and hold[H270] it. And when she held[H270] it, he measured[H4058]six[H8337] measures of barley[H8184], and laid[H7896] it on her: and she went[H935] into the city[H5892].
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And when she came[H935] to her mother in law[H2545], she said[H559], Who art thou, my daughter?[H1323] And she told[H5046] her all that the man[H376] had done[H6213] to her.
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And she said[H559], These six[H8337] measures of barley[H8184]gave[H5414] he me; for he said[H559] to me, Go[H935] not empty[H7387] unto thy mother in law[H2545].
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Then said[H559] she, Sit still[H3427], my daughter[H1323], until[H518] thou know[H3045] how the matter[H1697] will fall[H5307]: for the man[H376] will not be in rest[H8252], until[H518] he have finished[H3615] the thing[H1697] this day[H3117].