Ruth 3:14-18 ▼

14 So she lay down at his feet until dawn approached, then got up while it was still difficult for anyone to be recognized. Then he told her, |It shouldn't be known that a woman has come to the threshing floor.|

15 So he said, |Take your cloak and hold it out.| She did so, and he measured out six units of barley and placed them in a sack on her. Then she left for town.

16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, |How did it go, my daughter?| Then she related everything that the man had done for her.

17 Ruth also said, |He gave me these six units of barley and told me, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'|

18 Naomi replied, |Be patient, my daughter, until you learn how this works out, because the man won't rest until he finishes everything today.|