GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:8urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:8And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled , that there was a famine in the land . And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah , to sojourn in the country of Moab , he , and his wife , and his two sons . 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 Bethlehem-Judah . And they came into the country of Moab , and continued there . And Elimelech Naomi's husband died ; and she was left , and her two sons . And they took them Moabitish wives ; the name of the one was Orpah , and the name of the second Ruth : and they abode there about ten years . And Mahlon and Chilion died also , both of them ; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband . And she arose , she and her daughters-in-law , and returned from the fields of Moab ; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread . Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been , and her two daughters-in-law with her ; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah . And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law , Go , return each to her mother's house . Jehovah deal kindly with you , as ye have dealt with the dead and with me . Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest , each in the house of her husband . And she kissed them ; and they lifted up their voice and wept . And they said to her , We will certainly return with thee to thy people . And Naomi said , Return , my daughters : why will ye go with me ? Are there yet sons in my womb , that they could be your husbands ? Return , my daughters , go ; for I am too old to have a husband . If I should say , I have hope , should I even have a husband to-night , and should I also bear sons , would ye wait on that account till they were grown ? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands ? No , my daughters , for I am in much more bitterness than you ; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me . And they lifted up their voice and wept again . And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law , but Ruth clave to her . And she said , Behold , thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods : return after thy sister-in-law . And Ruth said , Do not intreat me to leave thee , to return from [ following ] after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go , and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people , and thy God my God ; where thou diest will I die , and there will I be buried . Jehovah do so to me , and more also , if aught but death part me and thee ! And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her , she left off speaking to her . And they two went until they came to Bethlehem . And it came to pass , when they came to Bethlehem , that all the city was moved about them , and the [ women ] said , Is this Naomi ? And she said to them , Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara ; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me . I went out full , and Jehovah has brought me home again empty . Why do ye call me Naomi , seeing Jehovah has brought me low , and the Almighty has afflicted me ? So Naomi returned , and Ruth the Moabitess , her daughter-in-law , with her , who returned out of the fields of Moab ; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest . And Naomi had a relation of her husband's , a mighty man of wealth , of the family of Elimelech , and his name was Boaz . And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi , Let me , I pray , go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [ him ] in whose sight I shall find favour . And she said to her , Go , my daughter . And she went ; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers ; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz , who was of the family of Elimelech . And behold , Boaz came from Bethlehem ; and he said to the reapers , Jehovah be with you ! And they said to him , Jehovah bless thee ! And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers , Whose maiden is this ? And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said , It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab ; and she said , I pray you , let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers . And she came , and has continued from the morning until now : her sitting in the house has been little as yet . And Boaz said to Ruth , Hearest thou not , my daughter ? Go not to glean in another field , neither go from here , but keep here with my maidens . Let thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped , and go thou after them ; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee ? And when thou art athirst , go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw . Then she fell on her face , and bowed herself to the ground , and said to him , Why have I found favour in thine eyes , that thou shouldest regard me , seeing I am a foreigner ? And Boaz answered and said to her , It has fully been shewn me , all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband ; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother , and the land of thy nativity , and art come to a people that thou hast not known heretofore . Jehovah recompense thy work , and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel , under whose wings thou art come to take refuge . And she said , Let me find favour in thine eyes , my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me , and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid , though I am not like one of thy handmaidens . And Boaz said to her at mealtime , Come hither and eat of the bread , and dip thy morsel in the vinegar . And she sat beside the reapers ; and he reached her parched corn , and she ate and was sufficed , and reserved [ some ] . And when she rose up to glean , Boaz commanded his young men , saying , Let her glean even among the sheaves , and ye shall not reproach her . And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [ some ears ] out of the handfuls , and leave them that she may glean , and rebuke her not . And she gleaned in the field until even , and beat out what she had gleaned ; and it was about an ephah of barley . And she took [ it ] up , and came into the city , and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned ; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had reserved after she was sufficed . And her mother-in-law said to her , Where hast thou gleaned to-day ? and where hast thou wrought ? Blessed be he that did regard thee ! And she told 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 to her daughter-in-law , Blessed be he of Jehovah , who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead ! And Naomi said to her , The man is near of kin to us , one of those who have the right of our redemption . And Ruth the Moabitess said , He said to me also , Thou shalt keep with my young men until they have ended all my harvest . And Naomi said to 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 with the maidens of Boaz to glean , until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest . And she dwelt with her mother-in-law . And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her , 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 is winnowing barley in the threshing-floor to-night . Wash thyself therefore , and anoint thyself , and put thy raiment upon thee , and go down to the floor ; make not thyself known to the man , until he shall have done eating and drinking . And it shall be , when he lies down , that thou shalt mark the place where he shall have lain down , and thou shalt go in , and uncover his feet , and lay thyself down ; and he will shew thee what thou shalt do . And she said to her , All that thou sayest will I do . And she went down to the floor , and did according to all that her mother-in-law had bidden her . And Boaz ate and drank , and his heart was merry , and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn . Then she went softly , and uncovered his feet , and laid herself down . And it came to pass at midnight , that the man was startled , and turned himself ; and behold , a woman lay at his feet . And he said , Who art thou ? And she answered , I am Ruth , thy handmaid : spread thy skirt over thy handmaid ; for thou hast the right of redemption . And he said , Blessed be thou of Jehovah , my daughter ! Thou hast shewn more kindness at the end than at the first , inasmuch as thou followedst not young men , whether poor or rich . And now , my daughter , fear not : all that thou sayest will I do to thee ; for all the gate of my people knows that thou art a woman of worth . And now , truly I am one that has the right of redemption , yet there is one that has the right of redemption who is nearer than I . Stay over to-night , and it shall be in the morning , if he will redeem thee , well -- let him redeem ; but if he like not to redeem thee , then will I redeem thee , [ as ] Jehovah liveth . Lie down until the morning . And she lay at his feet until the morning ; and she rose up before one could know another . And he said , Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor . And he said , Bring the cloak that thou hast upon thee , and hold it . And she held it , and he measured six [ measures ] of barley , and laid [ it ] on her ; and he went into the city . And she came to her mother-in-law ; and she said , Who art thou , my daughter ? And she told her all that the man had done to her . And she said , These six [ measures ] of barley gave he me ; for he said to me , Go not empty to thy mother-in-law . Then she said , Be still , my daughter , until thou know how the matter will fall ; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day . And Boaz went up to the gate , and sat down there . And behold , he that had the right of redemption , of whom Boaz had spoken , came by . And he said , Thou , such a one , turn aside , sit down here . And he turned aside and sat down . And he took ten men of the elders of the city , and said , Sit down here . And they sat down . And he said to him that had the right of redemption : Naomi , who is come back out of the country of Moab , sells the allotment that was our brother Elimelech's . And I thought I would apprise thee of it and say , Buy [ it ] in the presence of the inhabitants , and in the presence of the elders of my people . If thou wilt redeem [ it ] , redeem ; but if thou wilt not redeem , tell me , that I may know ; for there is none to redeem besides thee ; and I am after thee . And he said , I will redeem [ it ] . And Boaz said , On the day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi , thou must buy [ it ] also of Ruth the Moabitess , the wife of the dead , to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance . And he that had the right of redemption said , I cannot redeem [ it ] for myself , lest I mar mine own inheritance . Redeem thou for thyself what I should redeem , for I cannot redeem [ it ] . Now this [ was the custom ] in former time in Israel concerning redemption and concerning exchange , to confirm the whole matter : a man drew off his sandal , and gave it to his neighbour , and this was the [ mode of ] attestation in Israel . And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz , Buy for thyself ; and he drew off his sandal . And Boaz said to the elders and 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 ; 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 . And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said , [ We are ] witnesses . Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah , which two did build the house of Israel ; and acquire power in Ephratah , and make thyself a name in Bethlehem ; and let thy house become like the house of Pherez , whom Tamar bore to Judah , of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman . And Boaz took Ruth , and she became his wife ; and he went in unto her , and Jehovah gave her conception , and she bore a son . And the women said to Naomi , Blessed be Jehovah who hath not left thee this day without one that has the right of redemption , and may his name be famous in Israel ! And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life , and a nourisher of thine old age ; for thy daughter-in-law who loves thee , who is better to thee than seven sons , has borne him . And Naomi took the child , and laid it in her bosom , and became nurse to it . And the women [ her ] neighbours gave it 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 . Now these are the generations of Pherez . Pherez begot Hezron , and Hezron begot Ram , and Ram begot Amminadab , and Amminadab begot Nahshon , and Nahshon begot Salmon , and Salmon begot Boaz , and Boaz begot Obed , and Obed begot Jesse , and Jesse begot David .