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1 Scroll 16 Ruth.
And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land.
And a certain man of Beth-lehem-Judah went to dwell in the country of Moab,
he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi,
and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-Judah.
And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3 Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4 And they took to themselves wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth:
and they dwelt there about ten years.

5 Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them;
and the woman was left by her two children and her husband.

6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab:
for she had heard in the country of Moab;
that the LORD had visited His people in giving them bread.

7 Therefore she went forth from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her;
and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

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Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law,
Go, return each to her mother's house: may the LORD deal kindly with you,
as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

9 May the LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

10 And they said to her, surely we will return with Thee to Thy people.

11 Naomi said,
Turn back, my daughters: why will ye go with me?
Have I yet more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

12 Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have been with a husband.
If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons;

13 would ye wait for them until they should be grown? Would ye stay for them from having husbands?
No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes, that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.

14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again.
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved to her.

15 And she said, Behold, Thy sister-in-law has gone back to her people,
and to her gods: return Thou after Thy sister-in-law.

16 Ruth said,
Entreat me not to leave Thee, or to return from following Thee:
for where Thou go, I will go;
and where Thou lodge, I will lodge:
Thy people are my people,
and Thy God is my God:

17 where Thou die, will I die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me,
and more also, if aught but death shall part Thee and me.

18 When she saw that she was steadfastly resolved to go with her,
then she left speaking to her.

19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem.

And it came to pass, when they had come to Beth-lehem,
that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

20 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi[pleasant], call me Marah:
for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

21 I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty:
why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me,
and the Almighty has afflicted me?

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her,
who returned from the country of Moab:
and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest.

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1 Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

2 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of grain after him in whose eyes I shall find grace.
And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her lot was to light on a part of the field belonging to Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

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And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers,
The LORD be with you. And they answered him, May the LORD bless Thee.

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Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers,
Whose damsel is this?

6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said,
It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi from the country of Moab:

7 and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves:
so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

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Then said Boaz to Ruth, Hear Thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field,
neither go from hence, but abide here close by my maidens:

9 let Thy eyes be on the field that they are reaping,
and go Thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch Thee?
And when Thou are thirsty go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
and said to him, Why have I found grace in Thy eyes,
that Thou should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

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Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me,
all that Thou have done to Thy mother-in-law since the death of Thy husband:
and how Thou have left Thy father and Thy mother, and the land of Thy nativity,
and have come to a people which Thou knew not heretofore.

12 May the LORD recompense Thy work, and a full reward be given Thee of the LORD, God of Israel,
under whose wings Thou have come to trust.

13 Then she said, Let me find favour in Thy eyes, my Lord; for that Thou have comforted me,
and for that Thou have spoken kindly to Thy handmaid, though I am not like to one of Thy handmaidens.

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Boaz said to her, At meal-time come Thou here, and eat of the bread,
and dip Thy morsel in the vinegar.
And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched grain, and she ate,
and was satisfied, and left.

15 And when she had risen to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

16 and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her,
and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

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So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned:
and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 And she took it, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned:
and she brought forth, and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.

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And her mother-in-law said to her,
Where have Thou gleaned today? And where have Thou laboured?
Blessed be he who took 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 today is Boaz.

20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law,
Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not left off His kindness to the living and to the dead!
Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our next kinsmen.

21 Ruth the Moabitess said, he said to me also,
Thou shall keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law,
It is good, my daughter, that Thou should go out with his maidens,
that they meet Thee not in any other field.

23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley-harvest and wheat-harvest;
and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, my daughter,
shall I not seek rest for Thee, that it may be well with Thee?

2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens Thou were?
Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing-floor.

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint Thee, and put Thy clothing upon Thee, and go down to the threshing-floor:
but make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

4 And it shall be when he lies down, that Thou shall mark the place where he shall lie,
and Thou shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay Thee down;
and he will tell Thee what Thou shall do.

5 And she said to her, All that Thou say to me I will do.

6 And she went down to the threshing-floor,
and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drank, and his heart was merry,
he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain:
and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,
and turned: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

9 He said, Who are Thou? And she answered,
I am Ruth Thy handmaid: spread therefore Thy skirt over Thy handmaid;
for Thou are a near kinsman.

10 He said, Blessed be Thou of the LORD, my daughter:
for Thou have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as Thou did not follow young men, whether poor or rich!

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to Thee all that Thou require:
for all the city of my people does know that Thou are a virtuous woman.

12 And now it is true that I am Thy near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning,
that if he will perform to Thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part:
but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to Thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to Thee,
as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.

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And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose before one could know another.
He said, Let not be known that a woman came to the threshing-floor.

15 Also he said, Bring the veil that Thou have upon Thee, and hold it. And when she held it,
he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. Rth 2:18

16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are Thou, my daughter?
And she told her all that the man had done to her.

17 And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me;
for he said to me, Go not empty to Thy mother-in-law.

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until Thou know how the matter will fall:
for the man will not be in rest, until he has finished the thing this day.

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1 Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there:
and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by;
to whom he said, Ho, such one! Turn aside,
sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down there.

2 He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said,
Sit ye down here. And they sat down there.

3 He said to the kinsman, Naomi, that has come back out of the country of Moab,
sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

4 and I said, I will reveal this to Thy ear, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people.
If Thou will redeem it, redeem it: but if Thou will not redeem it,
then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it but Thou;
and I am after Thee. He said, I will redeem it.

5 Then said Boaz, What day Thou redeem the field of the hand of Naomi,
Thou will also acquire Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. Deu 25:5

6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance:
redeem Thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming,
and concerning changing, for confirming all things;
a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. Deu 25:9

8 Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. So he drew off his shoe.

9 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people,
Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's,
and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife,
to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,
that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren,
and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses.
May the LORD make the woman that has come into Thy house like Rachel and like Leah,
which two did build the House of Israel: and do Thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem.

12 And let Thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah,
of the seed which the LORD shall give Thee of this young woman.

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her,
the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, who has not left Thee this day without a kinsman,
that his name may be famous in Israel!

15 He shall be to Thee a restorer of Thy life, and a nourisher of Thy old age:
for Thy daughter-in-law, who loves Thee, who is better to Thee than seven sons, has borne him.

16 Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse.

17 And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying,
There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed:
he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

19 Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

20 Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

21 Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

22 Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 1Ch 2:11-15 Mat 1:5-6