Ruth 2:4
Boaz and Ruth Meet
2:4 Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “May the Lord bless you!”
Ruth 2:6
2:6 The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, “She’s the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab.
Ruth 3:9-10
3:9 He said, “Who are you?”
She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant.
Marry your servant,
for you are a guardian of the family interests.”
3:10 He said, “May you be rewarded
by the
Lord, my dear!
This act of devotion
is greater than what you did before.
For you have not sought to marry
one of the young men, whether rich or poor.
Ruth 3:14-15
3:14 So she slept beside him
until morning. She woke up while it was still dark.
Boaz thought,
“No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.”
3:15 Then he said, “Hold out the shawl
you are wearing
and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds
of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he
went into town,
Ruth 4:5
4:5 Then Boaz said, “When
you acquire the field
from Naomi,
you must also
acquire Ruth the Moabite,
the wife of our deceased relative,
in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.”