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The Book of Ruth

that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of

Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and

 

{{verse|1|2}} And the name of the man was

Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his

two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And

 

{{verse|1|3}} And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her

 

{{verse|1|4}} And they took them wives of the women of Moab;

the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth:

 

{{verse|1|5}} And Mahlon and

might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the

country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in

 

{{verse|1|7}} And she went forth out of the place

where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they

 

{{verse|1|8}} And

Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you

to her mother's house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have

 

{{verse|1|9}} Jehovah grant you that

 

{{verse|1|10}} And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee

 

{{verse|1|11}} And Naomi said, Turn again, my

daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb,

 

{{verse|1|12}} Turn again, my daughters,

go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should

say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and

 

{{verse|1|13}} would ye therefore tarry till they

were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay,

my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the

 

{{verse|1|14}} And they lifted

{{verse|1|15}} And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back

unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy

 

{{verse|1|16}} And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave

thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou

goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy

 

{{verse|1|17}} where thou

diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to

 

{{verse|1|18}} And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,

 

{{verse|1|20}} And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara;

 

{{verse|1|21}} I went

out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call

ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the

 

{{verse|1|22}} So Naomi returned, and Ruth

the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose

sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my

 

{{verse|2|3}} And she went, and came and gleaned in the field

after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of

the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of

 

{{verse|2|4}} And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said

unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him,

 

{{verse|2|5}} Then said Boaz unto his servant that

 

{{verse|2|6}} And the

servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is

the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the

 

{{verse|2|7}} And she said, Let me glean, I pray you,

{{verse|2|8}} Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my

daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from

 

{{verse|2|9}} Let thine eyes

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

 

{{verse|2|10}} Then she fell on her

face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why

have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take

 

{{verse|2|11}} And Boaz

thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother,

and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that

 

{{verse|2|12}} Jehovah recompense thy work,

and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel,

 

{{verse|2|13}} Then she

eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat

beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she

 

{{verse|2|15}} And when she

was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let

 

{{verse|2|16}} And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it,

{{verse|2|17}} So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat

out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of

 

{{verse|2|18}} 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 which she had left after she was

 

{{verse|2|19}} And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast

that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her

mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's

 

{{verse|2|20}} And Naomi said

left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi

said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near

 

{{verse|2|21}} And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea, he said unto

me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended

 

{{verse|2|22}} And Naomi said unto Ruth her

{{verse|3|2}} And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou

wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the

 

{{verse|3|3}} Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee,

and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the

threshing-floor, but make not thyself known unto the man, until

 

{{verse|3|4}} And it shall be,

when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he

shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay

 

{{verse|3|5}} And

 

{{verse|3|6}} And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did

 

{{verse|3|7}} And when

Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to

lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly,

 

{{verse|3|8}} And it came to

pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself;

 

{{verse|3|9}} And he said, Who art

thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore

 

{{verse|3|10}} And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast

{{verse|3|11}} And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all

that thou sayest; for all the city of my people doth know that

 

{{verse|3|12}} And now it is true that I am a

 

{{verse|3|13}} Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he

{{verse|3|14}} And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she

rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it

 

{{verse|3|15}} And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it;

and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and

 

{{verse|3|16}} And when she

came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter?

 

{{verse|3|17}} And

she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he

 

{{verse|3|18}} Then said she,

and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto

whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he

 

{{verse|4|2}} And he took ten men of the

elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat

 

{{verse|4|3}} And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is

come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of

 

{{verse|4|4}} And I thought to

redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I

may know; for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am

 

{{verse|4|5}} Then said Boaz,

What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must

buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to

 

{{verse|4|6}} And

concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all

things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor;

 

{{verse|4|8}} So the

near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off

 

{{verse|4|9}} And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the

people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that

was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the

 

{{verse|4|10}} Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of

the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not

cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place:

 

{{verse|4|11}} And all the people that were

make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like

Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou

 

{{verse|4|12}} and

{{verse|4|13}} So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he

went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare

 

{{verse|4|14}} And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah,

who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let

 

{{verse|4|15}} And he shall be unto thee a

restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy

daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than

 

{{verse|4|16}} And Naomi took the child, and

 

{{verse|4|17}} And the

 

{{verse|4|18}} Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat

 

{{verse|4|19}} and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

{{verse|4|20}} and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

 

 

{{verse|4|22}} and

 

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