And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And indeed, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you.
Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose young woman is this?
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish young woman that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
And she said, please, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, that she stayed a little in the house.
Then said Boaz to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but remain here close beside my maidens:
Let your eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a stranger?
And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband: and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people which you knew not previously.
The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust.
Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for that you have comforted me, and for that you have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I be not like to one of your handmaidens.
And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was satisfied, and left.
And when she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
And let fall also some of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
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 she had reserved after she was satisfied.
And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? and where did you do? blessed be he that did take notice of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is a close relative to us, one of our nearest relatives.
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You shall keep close beside my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they meet you not in any other field.
So she stayed close beside the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law.