May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.

At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied, “You may go, my daughter.”

She said, “You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I am not one of your servants!”

In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!

Then Naomi said, “Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”