Ruth 2

Ruth Meets Boaz

1 Now Naomi had t a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was u Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and v glean among the ears of grain after him w in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." 3 So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. 4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, x "The Lord be with you!" And they answered, "The Lord bless you." 5 Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?" 6 And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the young Moabite woman, y who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7 She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.' So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest." 1

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn." 10 Then z she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should a take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" 11 But Boaz answered her, b "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. 12 c The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!" 13 Then she said, d "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants."

14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until e she was satisfied, and she had some left over. 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah 2 of barley. 18 And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over f after being satisfied. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man g who took notice of you." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz." 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, h "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken i the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of j our redeemers." 21 And Ruth the Moabite said, "Besides, he said to me, 'You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.'" 22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted." 23 So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

  1. Cross References
    Ruth 3:2
    Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
    Ruth 3:12
    And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
  2. Cross References
    Ruth 4:21
    Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed.
    Matthew 1:5
    And Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:19
    When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
  4. Cross References
    Ruth 2:10
    Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
    Ruth 2:13
    Then she said, "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 129:7 - 8
    With which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms.
  6. Cross References
    Ruth 1:22
    So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:23
    When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.
    1 Samuel 25:41
    And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
  8. Cross References
    Ruth 2:19
    And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
  9. Cross References
    Ruth 1:14
    Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
    Ruth 1:16 - 17
    But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 24:19
    For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
  11. Cross References
    Ruth 2:2
    And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter.
    Ruth 2:10
    Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
    Genesis 33:15
    So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
    1 Samuel 1:18
    And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
  12. Cross References
    Ruth 2:18
    And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.
  13. Cross References
    Ruth 2:14
    And at mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
  14. Cross References
    Ruth 2:10
    Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
  15. Cross References
    Ruth 3:10
    And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
    Judges 17:2
    And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the Lord.
    1 Samuel 15:13
    And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
    1 Samuel 23:21
    And Saul said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.
    2 Samuel 2:5
    David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.
  16. Cross References
    Ruth 1:8
    But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
  17. Cross References
    Ruth 3:9
    He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.
    Ruth 4:14
    Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!
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