And her mother-in-law said unto her, “Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee.”
And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, “The man’s name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.”
And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.” And Naomi said unto her, “The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.”
And Ruth the Moabitess said, “He said unto me also, ‘Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.’”
And Naomi said unto Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.”
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
III
Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said unto Ruth, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. Wash thyself, therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee and get thee down to the floor, and he will tell thee what to do.”
And Ruth said, “All that thou sayest unto me, that will I do.”
Therefore went she down unto the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. And Boaz saw her and loved her and asked her, “Who art thou?”