Ruth 2:2-7
2 Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain(A) behind someone who allows me to?”
Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened(B) to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.
Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened(B) to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.
4 Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.”(C)
“The Lord bless you,”(D) they replied.
“The Lord bless you,”(D) they replied.
6 The servant answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
7 She asked, ‘Will you let me gather fallen grain among the bundles behind the harvesters?’ She came and has remained from early morning until now, except that she rested a little in the shelter.”(a)
Footnotes:
a.
Ruth 2:7: LXX reads until evening she has not stopped in the field; Vg reads now and she did not return to the house; Hb uncertain
Cross references:
D.
Ruth 2:4:
Numbers 6:24