Ruth 3:6-7

Ruth Visits Boaz

3:6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. ¹  3:7 When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. ²  Then Ruth ³  crept up quietly, ⁴  uncovered his legs, ⁵  and lay down beside him. ⁶ 

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and she did according to all which her mother-in-law commanded her” (NASB similar). Verse 6 is a summary statement, while the following verses (vv. 7-15) give the particulars.

[3:7]  ² tn Heb “and Boaz ate and drank and his heart was well and he went to lie down at the end of the heap”; NAB “at the edge of the sheaves.”

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:7]  ⁴ sn Ruth must have waited until Boaz fell asleep, for he does not notice when she uncovers his legs and lies down beside him.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn See the note on the word “legs” in v. 4.

[3:7]  ⁶ tn The words “beside him” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Cf. TEV “at his feet”; CEV “near his feet.”