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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
days
of
one
of
the
judges,
when
the
judges
ruled,
there
came
a
famine
in
the
land.
And
a
certain
man
of
Bethlehem Juda,
went
to sojourn
in
the
land
of
Moab
with
his
wife
and
his
two
sons.
\VS{2}He
was
named
Elimelech,
and
his
wife, Noemi:
and
his
two
sons,
the
one Mahalon,
and
the
other Chelion,
Ephrathites
of
Bethlehem Juda.
And
entering
into
the
country
of
Moab,
they abode
there.
\VS{3}And
Elimelech
the
husband
of Noemi
died:
and
she
remained
with
her
sons.
\VS{4}And
they
took
wives
of
the
women
of
Moab,
of
which
one
was
called Orpha,
and
the
other
Ruth.
And
they
dwelt
there
ten
years.
\VS{5}And
they
both
died,
to wit, Mahalon
and Chelion:
and
the
woman
was
left alone, having lost
both
her
sons
and
her
husband.
\VS{6}And
she
arose
to
go
from
the
land
of
Moab
to
her own
country
with both
her daughters
in law:
for
she
had
heard
that
the
Lord
had looked upon
his
people,
and
had
given
them
food.
\VS{7}Wherefore
she
went
forth
out
of
the
place
of
her sojournment,
with
both
her daughters
in law:
and
being
now
in
the
way
to
return
into
the
land
of Juda,
\VS{8}She
said
to
them:
Go ye
home
to
your
mothers:
the
Lord
deal mercifully
with
you,
as
you
have dealt
with
the
dead
and
with
me.
\VS{9}May
he
grant
you
to
find
rest
in
the
houses
of
the
husbands
which
you
shall
take.
And she
kissed
them.
And
they
lifted
up
their
voice
and began
to
weep,
\VS{10}And
to
say:
We
will
go
on
with thee
to thy
people.
\VS{11}But
she
answered
them:
Return,
my
daughters:
why
come ye
with
me?
have
I
any
more
sons
in
my
womb,
that
you
may hope
for
husbands
of
me?
\VS{12}Return
again,
my
daughters,
and
go
your ways:
for
I
am
now
spent
with
age,
and
not fit
for wedlock.
Although
I
might conceive
this
night,
and
bear
children,
\VS{13}If
you
would wait
till
they
were
grown
up,
and
come
to
man’s estate,
you
would
be
old
women
before
you marry.
Do
not
so,
my
daughters,
I beseech
you:
for
I
am grieved
the
more
for
your
distress,
and
the
hand
of
the
Lord
is
gone
out
against
me.
\VS{14}And
they
lifted
up
their
voice,
and began
to
weep
again: Orpha
kissed
her mother
in law
and returned:
Ruth
stuck
close
to
her mother
in law.
\VS{15}And Noemi
said
to
her:
Behold thy kinswoman
is
returned
to
her
people,
and
to
her
gods,
go thou
with
her.
\VS{16}She
answered:
Be
not
against
me,
to desire
that
I
should
leave thee
and depart:
for whithersoever thou shalt
go,
I
will
go:
and
where thou shalt dwell,
I
also
will dwell. Thy
people
shall
be
my
people,
and thy
God
my
God.
\VS{17}The land
that
shall receive thee
dying,
in
the
same
will
I
die:
and
there
will
I
be
buried.
The
Lord
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
add
more
also,
if aught
but
death part
me
and thee.
\VS{18}Then Noemi,
seeing
that
Ruth
was steadfastly
determined
to go
with
her, would
not
be
against
it,
nor persuade
her
any
more
to return
to
her friends:
\VS{19}So
they
went
together
and
came
to
Bethlehem.
And
when
they
were
come
into
the
city,
the
report
was quickly spread
among
all:
and
the women
said:
This
is
that Noemi.
\VS{20}But
she
said
to
them:
Call
me
not Noemi, (that
is, beautiful,)
but
call
me
Mara, (that
is,
bitter,)
for
the
Almighty hath quite filled
me
with bitterness.
\VS{21}I
went
out
full,
and
the
Lord hath
brought
me
back
empty.
Why
then
do
you
call
me Noemi,
whom
the
Lord hath humbled
and
the
Almighty hath afflicted?
\VS{22}So Noemi
came
with
Ruth
the
Moabitess
her daughter
in law,
from
the
land
of
her sojournment:
and
returned
into
Bethlehem,
in
the
beginning
of
the
barley
harvest.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
her
husband
Elimelech
had
a kinsman,
a
powerful
man,
and
very rich,
whose
name
was Booz.
\VS{2}And
Ruth
the
Moabitess
said
to
her mother
in law:
If thou wilt,
I
will
go
into
the
field,
and
glean
the
ears
of corn
that escape
the hands
of
the reapers, wheresoever
I
shall
find
grace
with
a householder
that
will
be favourable
to
me.
And
she
answered
her:
Go,
my
daughter.
\VS{3}She
went
therefore
and
gleaned
the ears
of corn
after
the reapers.
And
it
happened
that
the owner
of
that
field
was Booz,
who
was
of
the kindred
of
Elimelech.
\VS{4}And
behold,
he
came
out
of
Bethlehem,
and
said
to
the reapers:
The
Lord
be
with
you.
And
they
answered
him:
The
Lord
bless thee.
\VS{5}And Booz
said
to
the
young
man
that
was
set
over
the reapers:
Whose maid
is
this?
\VS{6}And
he
answered
him:
This
is
the
Moabitess
who
came
with Noemi,
from
the
land
of
Moab,
\VS{7}And
she
desired leave
to
glean
the ears
of corn
that
remain,
following
the steps
of
the reapers:
and
she hath
been
in
the field
from
morning
till
now,
and hath
not
gone
home
for
one moment.
\VS{8}And Booz
said
to
Ruth:
Hear
me,
daughter,
do
not
go
to
glean
in
any
other
field,
and
do
not depart
from
this
place:
but
keep
with
my
maids,
\VS{9}And
follow
where
they
reap.
For
I
have
charged
my
young
men,
not
to molest thee:
and
if thou art
thirsty,
go
to
the
vessels,
and
drink
of
the waters whereof
the
servants
drink.
\VS{10}She
fell
on
her
face
and worshipping
upon
the
ground,
said
to
him: Whence cometh this
to
me,
that
I
should
find
grace
before thy
eyes,
and
that thou shouldst vouchsafe
to
take
notice
of
me
a
woman
of another
country?
\VS{11}And
he
answered
her:
All hath
been
told
me,
that thou hast
done
to thy
mother
in law
after
the
death
of thy
husband:
and
how thou hast
left thy
parents,
and
the
land
wherein thou wast
born,
and art come
to
a
people
which thou knewest
not heretofore.
\VS{12}The
Lord render unto thee
for thy
work,
and mayest thou
receive
a
full
reward
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
to
whom thou art
come,
and
under
whose
wings thou art fled.
\VS{13}And
she
said:
I
have
found
grace
in thy
eyes,
my
lord,
who hast
comforted
me
and hast
spoken
to
the
heart
of thy handmaid,
who
am
not
like
to
one
of thy
maids.
\VS{14}And Booz
said
to
her:
At mealtime
come thou hither,
and
eat
of
the
bread,
and
dip thy
morsel
in
the
vinegar.
So
she
sat
at
the
side
of
the reapers,
and
she heaped
to herself frumenty,
and
ate
and
was
filled,
and
took
the leavings.
\VS{15}And
she
arose
from thence,
to
glean
the ears
of corn
as
before.
And Booz
commanded
his
servants,
saying: If
she
would
even reap
with
you, hinder
her
not:
\VS{16}And
let fall
some
of
your handfuls
of purpose,
and
leave
them,
that
she
may
gather
them
without shame,
and
let
no man
rebuke
her
when
she gathereth
them.
\VS{17}She
gleaned
therefore
in
the
field
till
evening:
and
beating
out
with
a rod
and
threshing
what
she
had
gleaned,
she found
about
the
measure
of
an ephi
of
barley,
that
is, three bushels:
\VS{18}Which
she
took
up
and
returned
into
the
city,
and shewed
it
to
her mother
in law: moreover
she
brought
out,
and
gave
her
of
the
remains
of
her meat, wherewith
she
had
been filled.
\VS{19}And
her mother
in law
said
to
her:
Where hast thou
gleaned
today,
and
where hast thou wrought?
blessed
be
he
that hath
had pity
on thee.
And
she
told
her
with
whom
she
had wrought:
and
she
told
the
man’s
name,
that
he
was
called Booz.
\VS{20}And Noemi
answered
her:
Blessed
be
he
of
the
Lord:
because
the
same
kindness
which
he shewed
to
the
living,
he hath kept
also
to
the
dead.
And again
she
said:
The
man
is
our
kinsman.
\VS{21}And
Ruth
said,
He
also charged
me,
that
I
should keep
close
to
his reapers,
till
all
the corn
should
be reaped.
\VS{22}And
her mother
in law
said
to
her:
It
is
better
for thee,
my
daughter,
to
go
out
to reap
with
his
maids, lest
in
another
man’s
field some
one
may resist thee.
\VS{23}So
she kept
close
to
the
maids
of Booz:
and continued
to
glean
with
them,
till
all
the
barley
and
the
wheat
were laid
up
in
the barns.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
she
was returned
to
her mother
in law, Noemi
said
to
her:
My
daughter,
I
will
seek
rest
for thee,
and
will provide
that
it
may
be
well
with thee.
\VS{2}This Booz,
with
whose
maids thou wast
joined
in
the field,
is
our
near
kinsman,
and
behold
this
night
he winnoweth
barley
in
the threshingfloor.
\VS{3}Wash thyself
therefore
and
anoint thee,
and
put
on thy best
garments,
and
go
down
to
the barnfloor:
but
let
not
the
man
see thee,
till
he
shall
have done
eating
and
drinking.
\VS{4}And
when
he
shall
go
to
sleep, mark
the
place
wherein
he sleepeth:
and thou shalt
go
in,
and
lift
up
the clothes wherewith
he
is covered towards
his
feet,
and shalt
lay thyself
down
there:
and
he
will
tell thee
what thou
must
do.
\VS{5}She
answered:
Whatsoever thou shalt
command,
I
will
do.
\VS{6}And
she
went
down
to
the barnfloor,
and
did
all
that
her mother
in law
had bid
her.
\VS{7}And
when Booz
had
eaten,
and
drunk,
and
was
merry,
he
went
to
sleep
by
the
heap
of sheaves,
and
she
came softly
and uncovering
his
feet,
laid herself
down.
\VS{8}And
behold,
when
it
was
now midnight
the
man
was
afraid,
and troubled:
and
he
saw
a
woman
lying
at
his
feet,
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
her:
Who art thou?
And
she
answered:
I
am
Ruth thy
handmaid:
spread thy coverlet
over thy
servant,
for thou art
a
near
kinsman.
\VS{10}And
he
said:
Blessed art thou
of
the
Lord,
my
daughter,
and thy
latter
kindness
has surpassed
the
former:
because thou hast
not
followed
young
men
either
poor
or
rich.
\VS{11}Fear
not
therefore,
but
whatsoever thou shalt
say
to
me
I
will
do
to thee.
For
all
the
people
that dwell within
the
gates
of
my
city,
know
that thou art
a virtuous
woman.
\VS{12}Neither
do
I deny
myself
to
be
near
of kin,
but
there
is
another nearer
than
I.
\VS{13}Rest thou
this
night:
and
when
morning
is
come,
if
he
will
take thee
by
the
right
of kindred,
all
is
well:
but
if
he
will
not,
I
will undoubtedly
take thee,
as
the
Lord liveth:
sleep
till
the
morning.
\VS{14}So
she
slept
at
his
feet
till
the night
was
going
off.
And
she
arose
before
men
could
know
one
another,
and Booz
said: Beware lest
any
man
know
that thou camest hither.
\VS{15}And again
he
said: Spread thy mantle, wherewith thou art covered,
and
hold
it
with
both hands.
And
when
she spread
it
and
held
it,
he
measured
six measures
of
barley,
and
laid
it
upon
her.
And
she
carried
it
and
went
into
the
city,
\VS{16}And
came
to
her mother
in law;
who
said
to
her:
What hast thou
done,
daughter?
And
she
told
her
all
that
the
man
had
done
to
her.
\VS{17}And
she
said: Behold
he hath
given
me
six measures
of
barley:
for
he
said:
I
will
not
have thee
return
empty
to thy mother
in law.
\VS{18}And Noemi
said:
Wait
my
daughter,
till
we
see
what
end
the
thing
will
have.
For
the
man
will
not
rest
until
he
have
accomplished
what
he hath
said.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then Booz
went
up
to
the
gate,
and
sat
there.
And
when
he
had seen
the
kinsman
going
by,
of
whom
he
had
spoken before,
he
said
to
him, calling
him
by
his
name:
Turn
aside
for
a little
while,
and
sit
down
here.
He
turned
aside,
and
sat
down.
\VS{2}And Booz
taking
ten
men
of
the ancients
of
the
city,
said
to
them:
Sit ye
down
here.
\VS{3}They sat down,
and
he
spoke
to
the
kinsman: Noemi,
who
is
returned
from
the
country
of
Moab,
will
sell
a parcel
of
land
that belonged
to
our
brother
Elimelech.
\VS{4}I
would
have thee
to
understand
this,
and
would
tell thee
before
all
that
sit
here,
and
before
the ancients
of
my
people.
If thou wilt
take possession
of
it
by
the right
of kindred:
buy
it
and possess
it:
but
if
it
please thee
not,
tell
me
so,
that
I
may
know
what
I
have
to
do.
For
there
is
no
near
kinsman
besides thee,
who art first,
and
me,
who
am second.
But
he
answered:
I
will
buy
the field.
\VS{5}And Booz
said
to
him:
When thou shalt
buy
the
field
at
the
woman’s
hand, thou
must
take
also
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
who
was
the
wife
of
the
deceased:
to
raise
up
the
name
of thy kinsman
in
his
inheritance.
\VS{6}He
answered:
I yield
up
my
right
of
next akin:
for
I
must
not cut
off
the posterity
of
my own family.
Do thou
make use
of
my privilege, which
I profess
I
do willingly forego.
\VS{7}Now
this
in
former
times
was
the
manner
in
Israel
between kinsmen,
that
if
at
any
time
one
yielded
his
right
to
another:
that
the
grant
might
be sure,
the
man
put
off
his
shoe,
and
gave
it
to
his neighhour;
this
was
a
testimony
of cession
of
right
in
Israel.
\VS{8}So Booz
said
to
his
kinsman: Put off thy
shoe.
And immediately
he took
it off from
his foot.
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
the ancients
and
to
all
the
people:
You
are
witnesses
this
day,
that
I
have
bought
all
that
was Elimelech’s,
and Chelion’s,
and Mahalon’s,
of
the
hand
of Noemi:
\VS{10}And
have
taken
to
wife
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
the
wife
of Mahalon,
to
raise
up
the
name
of
the
deceased
in
his
inheritance lest
his
name
be
cut
off,
from
among
his
family
and
his
brethren
and
his
people.
You,
I say,
are
witnesses
of
this thing.
\VS{11}Then
all
the
people
that
were
in
the
gate,
and
the ancients
answered:
We
are
witnesses:
The
Lord
make
this
woman
who cometh
into thy
house,
like
Rachel,
and Lia,
who
built
up
the
house
of
Israel:
that
she
may
be
an example
of virtue
in Ephrata,
and
may
have
a
famous
name
in
Bethlehem:
\VS{12}And
that
the
house
may
be,
as
the
house
of Phares,
whom Thamar
bore unto Juda,
of
the
seed
which
the
Lord
shall
give thee
of
this
young
woman.
\VS{13}Booz
therefore
took
Ruth,
and
married
her:
and
went
in unto
her,
and
the
Lord
gave
her
to
conceive
and
to
bear
a
son.
\VS{14}And
the
women
said
to Noemi:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who hath
not suffered thy family
to want
a successor,
that
his
name
should
be preserved
in
Israel.
\VS{15}And thou shouldst
have
one
to comfort thy
soul,
and cherish thy
old
age.
For
he
is
born
of thy daughter
in law:
who loveth thee:
and
is
much
better
to thee,
than
if thou hadst
seven
sons.
\VS{16}And Noemi
taking
the
child
laid
it
in
her
bosom,
and she
carried
it,
and
was
a
nurse unto
it.
\VS{17}And
the
women
her neighbours, congratulating
with
her
and
saying: There
is
a
son
born
to Noemi:
called
his
name
Obed:
he
is
the
father
of Isai,
the
father
of
David.
\VS{18}These
are
the
generations
of Phares: Phares
begot Esron,
\VS{19}Esron
begot Aram, Aram
begot Aminadab,
\VS{20}Aminadab
begot Nahasson, Nahasson
begot
Salmon,
\VS{21}Salmon
begot Booz, Booz
begot
Obed,
\VS{22}Obed
begot Isai, Isai
begot
David.
\par }