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1:1	AndIn it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. AndA a certain man of BethBethlehem lehemJudah judah went to sojournlive in the country of Moab, he,with and his wife, and his two sons.
1:2	AndThe the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi,. andThe thenames name of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah. AndThey they came into the country of Moab, and continuedlived there.
1:3	And Elimelech, Naomis husband, died; and she was left, andwith her two sons.
1:4	AndThey they took themfor themselves wives of the women of Moab;. theThe name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth:. andThey theylived dwelt there about ten years.
1:5	And Mahlon and Chilion died both ofdied, them; and the woman was leftbereaved of her two children and of her husband.
1:6	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 how thatYahweh Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.
1:7	AndShe she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her;. andThey they went on the way to return untoto the land of Judah.
1:8	And Naomi said untoto her two daughters in law, Go, return each of you to her mothers house:. JehovahMay Yahweh deal kindly with you, as yeyou have dealt with the dead, and with me.
1:9	JehovahMay Yahweh grant you that yeyou may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voicevoices, and wept.
1:10	AndThey they said untoto her, NayNo, but we will return with theeyou untoto thyyour people.
1:11	And Naomi said, TurnGo againback, my daughters:. whyWhy willdo yeyou want to go with me? haveDo I yetstill have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
1:12	TurnGo againback, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to nighttonight, and should also bear sons;,
1:13	would yeyou thereforethen tarrywait tilluntil they were grown? wouldWould yeyou thereforethen stayrefrain from having husbands? nayNo, my daughters, for it grievethgrieves me muchseriously for your sakes, for theYahwehs hand ofhas Jehovah is gone forthout against me.
1:14	AndThey they lifted up their voice,voices and wept again:; andthen Orpah kissed her mother in law, but Ruth clavestayed untowith her.
1:15	AndShe she said, Behold, thyyour sister in law ishas gone back untoto her people, and untoto her god:. returnFollow thouyour after thy sister in law.
1:16	And Ruth said, EntreatDont urge me not to leave theeyou, and to return from following after theeyou, for whitherwhere thouyou goestgo, I will go; and where thouyou lodgeststay, I will lodge;stay. thyYour people shallwill be my people, and thyyour God my God;.
1:17	whereWhere thouyou diestdie, I will I die, and there I will I be buried:. JehovahMay Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if aughtanything but death partparts theeyou and me.
1:18	AndWhen whenNaomi she saw that she was stedfastlydetermined minded to go with her, she leftstopped offurging speaking unto her.
1:19	So they twoboth went until they came to Beth lehemBethlehem. AndWhen it came to pass, when they werehad come to Beth lehemBethlehem, that all the city was movedexcited about them, and thethey women saidasked, Is this Naomi?
1:20	AndShe she said untoto them, CallDont call me not Naomi,. callCall me Mara;, for the Almighty hathhas dealt very bitterly with me.
1:21	I went out full, and JehovahYahweh hathhas brought me home again empty;. whyWhy do you call ye me Naomi, seeingsince JehovahYahweh hathhas testified against me, and the Almighty hathhas afflicted me?
1:22	So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab:. andThey they came to BethBethlehem lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
2:1	And Naomi had a kinsmanrelative of her husbands, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
2:2	And Ruth the Moabitess said untoto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. AndShe she said untoto her, Go, my daughter.
2:3	AndShe she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers:; and hershe haphappened was to lightcome onto the portion of the field belonging untoto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
2:4	AndBehold, behold, Boaz came from Beth lehemBethlehem, and said untoto the reapers, JehovahMay Yahweh be with you. AndThey they answered him, JehovahMay Yahweh bless theeyou.
2:5	Then Boaz said Boazto unto his servant thatwho was set over the reapers, Whose damselyoung lady is this?
2:6	AndThe the servant thatwho was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the MoabitishMoabite damsellady thatwho came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:.
2:7	andShe she said, LetPlease let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hathhas continued even from the morning until now, saveexcept that she tarriedrested a little in the house.
2:8	Then Boaz said Boazto unto Ruth, Hearest thou notListen, my daughter?. GoDont notgo to glean in another field, neitherand passdont go from hencehere, but abidestay here fastclose byto my maidens.
2:9	Let thineyour eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them:. haveHavent I notcommanded charged the young men thatnot theyto shall not touch theeyou? andWhen whenyou thouare art athirstthirsty, go untoto the vessels, and drink offrom that which the young men have drawn.
2:10	Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said untoto him, Why have I found favor in thyyour sight, that thouyou shouldestshould take knowledge of me, seeingsince I am a foreigner?
2:11	And Boaz answered and said unto her, ItI hathhave fully been showedtold me, all thatabout thouwhat hastyou have done untofor thyyour mother in law since the death of thyyour husband;, and how thouyou hasthave left thyyour father, andyour thy mother, and the land of thyyour nativitybirth, and arthave come untoto a people that thouyou knewestdidnt notknow heretoforebefore.
2:12	JehovahMay recompenseYahweh thyrepay your work, and a full reward be given theeto ofyou Jehovahfrom Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings thouyou arthave come to take refuge.
2:13	Then she said, Let me find favor in thyyour sight, my Lord, forbecause thatyou thouhave hast comforted me, and forbecause thatyou thouhave hast spoken kindly untoto thyyour handmaidservant, though I beam not as one of thyyour handmaidensservants.
2:14	AndAt at meal time Boaz said untoto her, Come hitherhere, and eat ofsome the bread, and dip thyyour morsel in the vinegar. AndShe she sat beside the reapers, and they reachedpassed her parched grain,. andShe she did eatate, and was sufficedsatisfied, and left thereofsome of it.
2:15	AndWhen when she washad risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and dont reproach her not.
2:16	AndAlso also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it,. andLet let her glean, and dont rebuke her not.
2:17	So she gleaned in the field until evenevening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
2:18	AndShe she took it up, and went into the city;. andThen her mother in law saw what she had gleaned:; and she brought forthout and gave to her that which she had left after she washad sufficedenough.
2:19	AndHer her mother in law said untoto her, Where hasthave thouyou gleaned to daytoday? andWhere wherehave hastyou thou wroughtworked? blessedBlessed be he thatwho didnoticed take knowledge of theeyou. AndShe shetold showed her mother in law with whom she had wroughtworked, and said, The mans name with whom I wroughtworked totoday day is Boaz.
2:20	And Naomi said untoto her daughter in law, BlessedMay he be heblessed ofby JehovahYahweh, who hathhas not leftabandoned off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said untoto her, The man is nigha ofclose kinrelative untoto us, one of our near kinsmen.
2:21	And Ruth the Moabitess said, YeaYes, he said untoto me, ThouYou shaltshall keepstay fastclose byto my young men, until they have endedfinished all my harvest.
2:22	And Naomi said untoto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thouyou go out with his maidens, and that they not meet theeyou not in any other field.
2:23	So she keptstayed fastclose byto the maidens of Boaz, to glean untoto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dweltlived with her mother in law.
3:1	And Naomi her mother in law said untoto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for theeyou, that it may be well with theeyou?
3:2	AndNow nowisnt is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thouyou wastwere? Behold, he winnowethwill be winnowing barley totonight nighton in the threshing floor.
3:3	WashTherefore thyselfwash thereforeyourself, and anoint theeyourself, andget put thy raiment upon theedressed, and getgo thee down to the threshing floor,; but dont make notyourself thyself known untoto the man, until he shallhas havefinished done eating and drinking.
3:4	AndIt it shall be, when he liethlies down, that thouyou shaltshall marknote the place where he shallis lie,lying. andThen thouyou shaltshall go in, and uncover his feet, and laylie thee down;. andThen he will tell theeyou what thouto shalt do.
3:5	AndShe she said untoto her, All that thouyou sayestsay, I will do.
3:6	AndShe she went down untoto the threshing floor, and did accordingeverything to all that her mother in law badetold her.
3:7	AndWhen when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain:. andShe she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laidlay her down.
3:8	AndAt it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,startled and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
3:9	AndHe he said, Who artare thouyou? AndShe she answered, I am Ruth thyyour handmaid:servant. Therefore spread thereforethe thycorner skirtof your garment over thyyour handmaidservant; for thouyou artare a near kinsman.
3:10	AndHe he said, BlessedYou beare thoublessed ofby JehovahYahweh, my daughter:. thouYou hasthave showedshown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuchbecause asyou thoudidnt followedstfollow not young men, whether poor or rich.
3:11	And nowNow, my daughter, feardont not;be afraid. I will do to theeyou all that thouyou sayestsay; for all the city of my people dothknows know that thouyou artare a worthy woman.
3:12	AndNow now it is true that I am a near kinsman;. howbeitHowever, there is a kinsman nearer than I.
3:13	TarryStay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform untofor theeyou the part of a kinsman, well;good. letLet him do the kinsmans part:duty. butBut if he will not do the partduty of a kinsman tofor theeyou, then I will I do the partduty of a kinsman tofor theeyou, as JehovahYahweh liveth:lives. lieLie down until the morning.
3:14	AndShe she lay at his feet until the morning:, andthen she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.
3:15	AndHe he said, Bring the mantle that is uponon theeyou, and hold it;. andShe she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her:; andthen he went into the city.
3:16	AndWhen when she came to her mother in law, she said, WhoHow artdid thouit go, my daughter? AndShe she told her all that the man had done tofor her.
3:17	AndShe she said, TheseHe gave me these six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, GoDont notgo empty untoto thyyour mother in law.
3:18	Then she said she, Sit stillWait, my daughter, until thouyou know howwhat the matter will fallhappen; for the man will not rest, until he havehas finishedsettled the thing this daytoday.
4:1	Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there:. andBehold, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spakespoke came by;. untoBoaz whomsaid heto saidhim, Ho,Come suchover ahere, one!friend, turnand aside, sit down! here.He Andcame he turned asideover, and sat down.
4:2	AndBoaz he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here., Andand they sat down.
4:3	AndHe he said untoto the near kinsman, Naomi, thatwho ishas come againback out of the country of Moab, sellethis selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelechs:.
4:4	and I thought toI discloseshould ittell unto theeyou, saying, Buy it before themthose thatwho sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thouyou wiltwill redeem it, redeem it:; but if thouyou wiltwill not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know;. forFor there is noneno one to redeem it besides theeyou; and I am after theeyou. AndHe he said, I will redeem it.
4:5	Then Boaz said Boaz, WhatOn the day thouyou buyestbuy the field offrom the hand of Naomi, thouyou must buy it also offrom Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead uponon his inheritance.
4:6	AndThe the near kinsman said, I cannotcant redeem it for myself, lest I marendanger minemy own inheritance:. takeTake thou my right of redemption onfor theeyourself; for I cannotcant redeem it.
4:7	Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drewtook off his shoesandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the mannerway of attestationformalizing transactions in Israel.
4:8	So the near kinsman said untoto Boaz, Buy it for thyself.yourself, Andthen he drewtook off his shoesandal.
4:9	And Boaz said untoto the elders, and untoto all the people, YeYou are witnesses this daytoday, that I have bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions and Mahlons, offrom the hand of Naomi.
4:10	Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead uponon his inheritance, that the name of the dead bemay not be cut off from among his brethren,brothers and from the gate of his place:. yeYou are witnesses this daytoday.
4:11	AndAll all the people thatwho were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. JehovahMay Yahweh make the woman thatwho ishas come into thyyour house like Rachel and like Leah, which twoboth didbuilt build the house of Israel:; and dotreat thouyou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth lehem:Bethlehem.
4:12	andLet letyour thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar barebore untoto Judah, of the seedoffspring which JehovahYahweh shallwill give theeyou ofby this young woman.
4:13	So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in untoto her, and JehovahYahweh gaveenabled her conceptionto conceive, and she barebore a son.
4:14	AndThe the women said untoto Naomi, Blessed be JehovahYahweh, who hathhas not left theeyou thistoday day without a near kinsman;. andLet let his name be famous in Israel.
4:15	AndHe he shall be untoto theeyou a restorer of life, and asustain nourisheryou ofin thineyour old age,; for thyyour daughter in law, who lovethloves theeyou, who is better to theeyou than seven sons, hathhas bornegiven birth to him.
4:16	And Naomi took the child, and laid ithim in her bosom, and became nurse untoto ithim.
4:17	AndThe the women, her neighbors, gave ithim a name, saying, ThereA son is a son born to Naomi;. andThey theynamed calledhim his name Obed:. heHe is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
4:18	Now thesethis areis the history of the generations of Perez: Perez begatbecame the father of Hezron,
4:19	and Hezron begatbecame the father of Ram, and Ram begatbecame the father of Amminadab,
4:20	and Amminadab begatbecame the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon begatbecame the father of Salmon,
4:21	and Salmon begatbecame the father of Boaz, and Boaz begatbecame the father of Obed,
4:22	and Obed begatbecame the father of Jesse, and Jesse begatbecame the father of David.