So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, "Is this Naomi?"
And she said unto them, "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?"
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
§55. In the Barley Field (Ruth 2)
A. THE GLEANERS
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth; and his name was Boaz.
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, "Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor."
And she said unto her, "Go, my daughter."
And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz.
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, "The Lord be with you."