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OET (OET-LV) And_went and_went and_gleaned in_the_field behind the_reapers and_happened chance_she the_portion the_field belonging_to_Boˊaz who from_family of_ʼElīmelek.
OET (OET-RV) So Ruth left and went to the field where she picked up heads of grain after the harvesters, and it just so happened that that part of the field belonged to Boaz who was Elimelek’s relative.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ
and,happened chance,she
The phrase, her chance chanced upon indicates that Ruth did not know whose field she was in. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Being unaware of who owned the field, Ruth came to”
Note 2 topic: translate-kinship
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ
from,family ʼElīmelek
The use of the term clan here means that Boaz was related to Elimelek but did not have the same parents as Elimelek. The text is not saying that the clan was named after Elimelek or that Elimelek was the patriarch or leader of the clan.
2:3 as it happened, she found herself: Ruth seemingly selected at random the field in which she would glean; God works through ordinary choices to provide for those who trust him.
OET (OET-LV) And_went and_went and_gleaned in_the_field behind the_reapers and_happened chance_she the_portion the_field belonging_to_Boˊaz who from_family of_ʼElīmelek.
OET (OET-RV) So Ruth left and went to the field where she picked up heads of grain after the harvesters, and it just so happened that that part of the field belonged to Boaz who was Elimelek’s relative.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.