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and there will I be buried: the L
ORD
do so to me, and more also,
if ought
but death part thee and
me.
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When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come
to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said,
Is
this Naomi?
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And she
said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with
me.
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I went out full, and the L
ORD
hath brought me home again empty: why
then
call ye me Naomi,
seeing the L
ORD
hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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So Naomi returned,
and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab:
and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
CHAPTER 2
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech;
and his name
was
Boaz.
2
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after
him
in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my
daughter.
3
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to
light on a part of the field
belonging
unto Boaz, who
was
of the kindred of Elimelech.
4
And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The L
ORD
be
with you.
And they answered him, The L
ORD
bless thee.
5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over
the reapers, Whose damsel
is
this?
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 country of Moab:
7
And she
said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath
continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8
Then said Boaz
unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence,
but abide here fast by my maidens:
9
Let
thine eyes
be
on the field that they do reap, and go thou
after them: have 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
which the young men have drawn.
10
Then she fell on
her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes,
that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I
am
a stranger?
11
And Boaz answered and said
unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the
death of thine husband: and
how
thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity,
and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
12
The L
ORD
recompense thy work,
and a full reward be given thee of the L
ORD
God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust.
13
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me,
and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine
handmaidens.
14
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and
dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched
corn,
and
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