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    <book number='8' name='Ruth' abbreviation='ruth' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>when the <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>ruled</strongs>, that there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. And a certain <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 1035 3063'>Bethlehem</strongs>-judah <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='4248'>Mahlon</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3630'>Chilion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='673'>Ephrathites</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 1035 3063'>Bethlehem</strongs>-judah. And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>continued</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And they <strongs hebrew='5375'>took</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>of the women of <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moab</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6204'>Orpah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelled</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>about <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='4248'>Mahlon</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3630'>Chilion</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>of them; and the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>of her two <strongs hebrew='4480 8147 3206'>sons</strongs>and her <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>husband</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='3618'>daughters</strongs>-in-law, that she might <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>how <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6485'>visited</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5414'>giving</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Wherefore she went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3618'>daughters</strongs>-in-law with <strongs hebrew='5973'>her</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3618'>daughters</strongs>-in-law, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>each</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6213'>dealt</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>grant</strongs>you that ye may <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='4496'>rest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='802'>each</strongs><em>of</em> <em>you</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>. Then she <strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs>them; and they lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>we will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee unto thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>will ye <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me? <em>are</em> there <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><em>any</em> <em>more</em> <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='4578'>womb</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='376'>husbands</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><em>your</em> <em>way</em> ; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I am too <strongs hebrew='2204'>old</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>I should <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3426'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>, <em>if</em> I should <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>tonight</strongs>, and should <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Would ye <strongs hebrew='7663'>tarry</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2004'>them</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 834'>till</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='1431'>grown</strongs>? would ye <strongs hebrew='5702'>stay</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2004'>them</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='1961'>having</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>husbands</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='408'>nay</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='4843'>grieveth</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3966'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>your sakes <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>is gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>against me. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And they lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6204'>Orpah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law; but <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaved</strongs>unto her. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='2994'>sister</strongs>-in-law is gone <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2994'>sister</strongs>-in-law. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6293'>Entreat</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>thee, <em>or</em> to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>from following <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>after</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='413 834'>whither</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3885'>lodgest</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs>: thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='834'>Where</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='4191'>diest</strongs>, will I <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>will I be <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>so</strongs>to me, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <em>if</em> <em>aught</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='6504'>part</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>thee</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='996'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>When she <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>was steadfastly <strongs hebrew='553'>minded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>her, then she <strongs hebrew='2308'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>So they <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>. And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when they were <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1949'>moved</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>about</strongs>them, and they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4755'>Mara</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7706'>Almighty</strongs>hath dealt very <strongs hebrew='3966 4843'>bitterly</strongs>with me. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='1980'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath brought me home <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='7387'>empty</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs><em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>ye me <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, seeing the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6030'>testified</strongs>against me, and the <strongs hebrew='7706'>Almighty</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7489'>afflicted</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='22'>So <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitess</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='3618'>daughter</strongs>-in-law, with <strongs hebrew='5973'>her</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='4129'>kinsman</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>'s, a <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2428'>wealth</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4940'>family</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitess</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs>ears of <strongs hebrew='7641'>corn</strongs><strongs hebrew='310 834'>after</strongs><em>him</em> in whose <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>. And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And she <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3950'>gleaned</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs>: and her <strongs hebrew='4745'>hap</strongs>was to <strongs hebrew='7136'>light</strongs>on a <strongs hebrew='2513'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><em>belonging</em> unto <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4940'>kindred</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>you. And they <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>him, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>that was <strongs hebrew='5324'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='5291'>damsel</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>that was <strongs hebrew='5324'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>It</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5291'>damsel</strongs>that came <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='4994'>pray</strongs>you, let me <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='6016'>sheaves</strongs>: so she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='5975'>continued</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='4480 227'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='3427'>tarried</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571 3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>go</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>hence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>abide</strongs>here fast <strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>Let</em> thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>be</em> on the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they do <strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them: have I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>that they shall <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs>thee? and when thou art <strongs hebrew='6770'>athirst</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>of <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 834'>which</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7579'>drawn</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then she <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>herself</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, that thou shouldest take <strongs hebrew='5234'>knowledge</strongs>of me, seeing <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, It hath <strongs hebrew='5046'>fully</strongs>been <strongs hebrew='5046'>showed</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='310'>since</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>: and <em>how</em> thou hast <strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='4138'>nativity</strongs>, and art <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knewest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8032 8543'>heretofore</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7999'>recompense</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8003'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='4909'>reward</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1961'>given</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>thou art <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2620'>trust</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>that thou hast <strongs hebrew='5162'>comforted</strongs>me, and for <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3820'>friendly</strongs>unto thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>, though <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaidens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, At <strongs hebrew='6256 400'>mealtime</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>come</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1988'>hither</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2881'>dip</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6595'>morsel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2558'>vinegar</strongs>. And she <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6654'>beside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7114'>reapers</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='6642'>reached</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7039'>parched</strongs><em>corn</em> , and she did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='7646'>sufficed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And when she was risen <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Let her <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6016'>sheaves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3637'>reproach</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And let <strongs hebrew='7997'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6653'>handfuls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7997'>purpose</strongs>for her, and <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs><em>them</em> , that she may <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs><em>them</em> , and <strongs hebrew='1605'>rebuke</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>So she <strongs hebrew='3950'>gleaned</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='6153'>even</strongs>, and beat <strongs hebrew='2251'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='3950'>gleaned</strongs>: and it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>about an <strongs hebrew='374'>ephah</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And she took <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>: and her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='3950'>gleaned</strongs>: and she brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='3498'>reserved</strongs>after she was <strongs hebrew='4480 7648'>sufficed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='375'>Where</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='3950'>gleaned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='375'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wroughtest</strongs>thou? <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>he that did take <strongs hebrew='5234'>knowledge</strongs>of thee. And she <strongs hebrew='5046'>showed</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her <strongs hebrew='3618'>daughter</strongs>-in-law, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>left <strongs hebrew='5800'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, The <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> near of <strongs hebrew='7138'>kin</strongs>unto us, <strongs hebrew='1931'>one</strongs>of our next <strongs hebrew='4480 1350'>kinsmen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitess</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, He <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, Thou shalt keep <strongs hebrew='1692'>fast</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>my</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 518'>until</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3615'>ended</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>my</strongs><strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3618'>daughter</strongs>-in-law, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>, that they <strongs hebrew='6293'>meet</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in any <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>So she kept <strongs hebrew='1692'>fast</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3950'>glean</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs><strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, My <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, shall I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='4494'>rest</strongs>for thee, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>it may be <strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>with thee? </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='4130'>kindred</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>wast</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='2219'>winnoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>tonight</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='7364'>Wash</strongs>thyself therefore, and <strongs hebrew='5480'>anoint</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8071'>raiment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, and get thee <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1637'>floor</strongs>: <em>but</em> make not thyself <strongs hebrew='3045 408'>known</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he shall have <strongs hebrew='3615'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eating</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinking</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, when he lieth <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>, that thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3045'>mark</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs>, and thou shalt go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1540'>uncover</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4772'>feet</strongs>, and lay thee <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And she went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1637'>floor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law <strongs hebrew='6680'>bade</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And when <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drunk</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3190'>merry</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>to lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7097'>end</strongs>of the heap of <strongs hebrew='6194'>corn</strongs>: and she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3909'>softly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1540'>uncovered</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4772'>feet</strongs>, and laid her <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2677 3915'>midnight</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>, and turned <strongs hebrew='3943'>himself</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='4772'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And she <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs>therefore thy <strongs hebrew='3671'>skirt</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a near <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>: <em>for</em> thou hast showed <strongs hebrew='3190'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>in the latter <strongs hebrew='314'>end</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>beginning</strongs>, inasmuch as thou <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>followedst</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to thee <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>requirest</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>city</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou <em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='2428'>virtuous</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='6258 3588'>now</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='551'>true</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <em>thy</em> near <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>howbeit</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7138'>nearer</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>I. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3885'>Tarry</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he will perform unto thee the part of a <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>; let him do the kinsman's <strongs hebrew='1350'>part</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2654'>will</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>do the part of a <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>to thee, then will <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>do the part of a <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>to thee, <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>: lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And she <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='4772'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>: and she rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='2958'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>could <strongs hebrew='5234'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>another</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let it <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1637'>floor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Also he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3051'>Bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4304'>veil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>thou</em> <em>hast</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>it. And when she <strongs hebrew='270'>held</strongs>it, he <strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><em>measures</em> of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7896'>laid</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her: and she went <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And when she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law, she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>? And she <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to her. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><em>measures</em> of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>he me; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='935'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7387'>empty</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2545'>mother</strongs>-in-law. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>she, Sit <strongs hebrew='3427'>still</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>until</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be in <strongs hebrew='8252'>rest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>until</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>Then went Boaz <strongs hebrew='5927 1162'>up</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and sat him <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>of whom <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>; unto <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Ho, <strongs hebrew='6423'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='492'>one</strongs>! turn <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>, sit <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>. And he turned <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>, and sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2205'>elders</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Sit ye <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>. And they sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, that is come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4376'>selleth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2513'>parcel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7704'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> our <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs>'s: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>thought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1540 241'>advertise</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> : but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it,</em> <em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>me, that I may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='2108'>beside</strongs>thee; and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>, What <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7069'>buyest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, thou must <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs><em>it</em> also <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitess</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, to raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> for myself, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7843'>mar</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine own <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1353'>right</strongs>to thyself; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Now <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>was</em> <em>the</em> <em>manner</em> in former <strongs hebrew='6440'>time</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='1353'>redeeming</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='8545'>changing</strongs>, for to <strongs hebrew='6965'>confirm</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>plucked <strongs hebrew='8025'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5275'>shoe</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><em>it</em> to his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='8584'>testimony</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs><em>it</em> for thee. So he drew <strongs hebrew='8025'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5275'>shoe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>, and <em>unto</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='458'>Elimelech</strongs>'s, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3630'>Chilion</strongs>'s and <strongs hebrew='4248'>Mahlon</strongs>'s, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabitess</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4248'>Mahlon</strongs>, have I <strongs hebrew='7069'>purchased</strongs>to be my <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, to raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>among</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 8179'>gate</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>We</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5707'>witnesses</strongs>. The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='7354'>Rachel</strongs>and like <strongs hebrew='3812'>Leah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2428'>worthily</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='672'>Ephratah</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='7121 8034'>famous</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And let thy <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6557'>Pharez</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='5291'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7327'>Ruth</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>: and when he <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2032'>conception</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7673'>left</strongs>thee this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>without a <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsman</strongs>, that his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>may be <strongs hebrew='7121'>famous</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto thee a <strongs hebrew='7725'>restorer</strongs>of <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3557'>nourisher</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine old <strongs hebrew='7872'>age</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3618'>daughter</strongs>-in-law, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to thee than <strongs hebrew='4480 7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, hath <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7896'>laid</strongs>it in her <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='539'>nurse</strongs>unto it. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the women her <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbors</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>gave</strongs>it a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, There is a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5281'>Naomi</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='5744'>Obed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Now <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='8435'>generations</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6557'>Pharez</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6557'>Pharez</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2696'>Hezron</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='2696'>Hezron</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7410'>Ram</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7410'>Ram</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='5992'>Amminadab</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='5992'>Amminadab</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5177'>Nahshon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5177'>Nahshon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8009'>Salmon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='8012'>Salmon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5744'>Obed</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='5744'>Obed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
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