<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time,<n id="1" /> Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, &#8220;My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.<n id="2" />

Naomi then said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, &#8220;It is good, my daughter, that you should go out to work with his female servants.<n id="1" /> That way you will not be harmed, which could happen in another field.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He said, &#8220;May you be rewarded<n id="1" /> by the <sc>Lordsc>, my dear!<n id="2" /> This act of devotion<n id="3" /> is greater than what you did before.<n id="4" /> For you have not sought to marry<n id="5" /> one of the young men, whether rich or poor.<n id="6" />

Now, my dear, don&#8217;t worry!<n id="1" /> I intend to do for you everything you propose,<n id="2" /> for everyone in the village<n id="3" /> knows that you are a worthy woman.<n id="4" />

and she returned to her mother-in-law.p><t /><p class="bodytext">When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi<n id="1" /> asked,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How did things turn out for you,<n id="3" /> my daughter?&#8221; Ruth<n id="4" /> told her about all the man had done for her.<n id="5" />

Then Naomi<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Stay put,<n id="2" /> 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.&#8221;p>

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, &#8220;Let me go<n id="1" /> to the fields so I can gather<n id="2" /> grain behind whoever permits me to do so.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Naomi<n id="4" /> replied, &#8220;You may go, my daughter.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So Boaz said to Ruth, &#8220;Listen carefully,<n id="1" /> my dear!<n id="2" /> Do not leave to gather grain in another field. You need not<n id="3" /> go beyond the limits of this field. You may go along beside<n id="4" /> my female workers.<n id="5" />