Ruth 2:1-7 ▼

1 Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, |Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor.| And she said to her, |Go, my daughter.|

3 So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, |May the LORD be with you.| And they said to him, |May the LORD bless you.|

5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, |Whose young woman is this?|

6 The servant in charge of the reapers replied, |She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

7 |And she said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.|