Ruth 2:8
2:8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen carefully, my dear! Do not leave to gather grain in another field. You need not go beyond the limits of this field. You may go along beside my female workers.
Ruth 2:11
2:11 Boaz replied to her,
“I have been given a full report of
all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband – how you left
your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.
Ruth 2:14
2:14 Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and have some food! Dip your bread in the vinegar!” So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest.
Ruth 4:1
Boaz Settles the Matter
4:1 Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, “Come here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” So he came and sat down.
Ruth 4:4
4:4 So I am legally informing you:
Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people!
If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so.
But if not, then tell me
so I will know.
For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.”
He replied, “I will redeem it.”
Ruth 4:6
4:6 The guardian said, “Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance
in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.”
Ruth 4:9
4:9 Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.