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\BibleBook{Ruth}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Ruth, a non-Israeli woman who became an Israeli. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ruth }

\BibleSectionHeading{Ruth declared she would stay with Naomi }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ruth declared she would stay with Naomi }
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\chapterNumber{1}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" before|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478", ◄there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458"/the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398"►. There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" there|strong="H1961" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Elimelech|strong="H0458". His|strong="H1961" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons’|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1961" Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H1121" Chilion|strong="H3630". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3212" from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*} in|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H8033" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458", they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H1961" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3063" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}While|strong="H1931" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H7604", Elimelech|strong="H0458" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Naomi|strong="H5281" had|strong="H1121" only|strong="H0389" her|strong="H1931" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" with|strong="H4191" her|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H8033" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H3427" Moab|strong="H4125". One|strong="H5375" of|strong="H8141" them|strong="H5375" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Orpah|strong="H6204", and|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H8145" one|strong="H5375" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Ruth|strong="H7327". But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H8145" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H8141" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H8034" about|strong="H8033" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{5}Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H8147" Chilion|strong="H3630" died|strong="H4191". So|strong="H1571" then|strong="H1571" Naomi|strong="H5281" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7604" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8147" no|strong="H7604" sons|strong="H3206". 
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\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H1931" Naomi|strong="H5281" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124", she|strong="H1931" heard|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H5414" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588" there|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899". So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" prepared|strong="H6965" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H8147" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" she|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1870" and|strong="H3063" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" walk|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\+w*} along|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725" were|strong="H8147" walking|strong="H3212", Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" two|strong="H8147" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618", “Each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" mother’s|strong="H0517" home|strong="H1004". You|strong="H7725" treated|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H5973"\+w*} kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5973"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3068" treated|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7725" kindly|strong="H2617". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" desire|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" husband|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H0834" home|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w*} secure|strong="H4496".” Then|strong="H5375" she|strong="H1931" kissed|strong="H5401" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H5414" aloud|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" each|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H1961", my|strong="H7725" daughters|strong="H1323", return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". ◄It|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" any|strong="H5750" good|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"!/What|strong="H4100" good|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4100" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"?► [RHQ] Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" think|strong="H2803" I|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3212" married|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" could|strong="H4100" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" husbands|strong="H5973"? 
\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" another|strong="H1571" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" married|strong="H3947" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" [EUP] tonight|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{13}would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" remain|strong="H1961" single|strong="H0259"/unmarried|strong="H0408" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H3027"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" marry|strong="H1961"? No|strong="H1115", my|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. Your|strong="H3068" situations are|strong="H3027" bad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* possible \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}. My|strong="H3068" situation|strong="H4186" is|strong="H3068" much|strong="H3966" worse|strong="H7489", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [SYN] has|strong="H3068" opposed|strong="H5975" me|strong="H4480", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w old|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w again|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5375" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H6963" Orpah|strong="H6204" cried|strong="H1058" again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5375" Orpah|strong="H6204" kissed|strong="H5401" her|strong="H5375" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" goodbye, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5750"\+w*}, but|strong="H5750" Ruth|strong="H7327" clung|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5375" Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{15}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725", “Look|strong="H2009"! Your|strong="H7725" sister-in-law|strong="H2994" is|strong="H2009" going|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" gods|strong="H0430"! Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5971" her|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! Don’t|strong="H0408" urge|strong="H6293" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"! I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". Where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212". Where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3885", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" stay|strong="H3885". Your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H0251", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". Where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912". May|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" severely|strong="H5953" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*} dies|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Naomi|strong="H5281" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7200", she|strong="H1931" stopped|strong="H2308" urging|strong="H6680" her|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802" continued|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H3212" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" excited|strong="H7264" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*} them|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*} exclaimed|strong="H0559", “◄Can|strong="H8147" this|strong="H2063" be|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281"?/It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H5704" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" Naomi|strong="H5281"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121", “Don’t|strong="H0408" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Naomi|strong="H5281", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘pleasant’}. Instead|strong="H3588", call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Mara|strong="H4755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘bitter’}, because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3588" made|strong="H4843" my|strong="H3588" life|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3966" unpleasant|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7725" I|strong="H4100" left|strong="H1980" here|strong="H6311", I|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} rich|strong="H6223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. But|strong="H6030" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H1980" now|strong="H7121" I|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w*} poor|strong="H6041", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w no|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725" Naomi|strong="H5281" [RHQ]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w feel|strong="H4184"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H7121" against|strong="H3068" (OR|strong="H3068", afflicted|strong="H7489") me|strong="H7725". Almighty|strong="H7706" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" tragedy|strong="H7451".” 
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\verseNumber{22}That|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{summarizes \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w account|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H7704" Naomi|strong="H5281" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7725" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Ruth|strong="H7327", the|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124". And|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7725"\+w*} when|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H7725" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", the|strong="H7725" barley|strong="H8184" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*} harvest|strong="H7105" was|strong="H4124" just|strong="H3512" beginning|strong="H8462". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ruth met Boaz }

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\chapterNumber{2}There|strong="H3045" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3045" man|strong="H1368" in|strong="H8034" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" who|strong="H1368" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naomi’s|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}, Elimelech|strong="H0458". He|strong="H3045" was|strong="H8034" rich|strong="H6223" and|strong="H3045" well-known/influential. His|strong="H3045" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H4672" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H4672" grain|strong="H7641" left|strong="H4672" behind|strong="H0310" by|strong="H3212" the|strong="H4672" workers|strong="H6466".” Naomi|strong="H5281" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" ahead|strong="H6440", my|strong="H4672" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" Ruth|strong="H7327" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3212" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3212" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3212" left-over grain|strong="H1715". And|strong="H3212" it|strong="H3212" happened|strong="H7136" that|strong="H4940" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H4940" working|strong="H4639" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H4940" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H4940" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" Boaz|strong="H1162", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w*} from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3212" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w father-in-law|strong="H2860"\+w*}, Elimelech|strong="H0458"! 
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\verseNumber{4}Just|strong="H3512" then|strong="H2009", Boaz|strong="H1162" arrived|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". He|strong="H3068" greeted|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2009" harvesting|strong="H7105" the|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973"!” They|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227" Boaz|strong="H1162" saw|strong="H7200" Ruth|strong="H7327", and|strong="H5288" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" ◄foreman/man|strong="H5288" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2063" workmen|strong="H4399"►, “Whose|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w daughter|strong="H1323"\+w*} is|strong="H4310" that|strong="H5288" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H5291"?” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" foreman replied|strong="H6030", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H5291" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" who|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w mother-in-law|strong="H2545"\+w*} Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H1242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" walk|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1004" harvesting|strong="H7105" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1004" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5975" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H1715" they|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H5800" behind|strong="H5975".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} she|strong="H1242" went|strong="H1004" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1242" has|strong="H2088" been|strong="H4592" working|strong="H4639" from|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" morning|strong="H1242" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258". The|strong="H5704" only|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6258" she|strong="H1242" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2088" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1004" when|strong="H5704" she|strong="H1242" rested|strong="H5117" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5975" short|strong="H7114" time|strong="H6258" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" shelter|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3541" Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1571", “Young|strong="H5291" lady|strong="H5291", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5674". Don’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H8085" another|strong="H2088" field|strong="H7704". Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" away|strong="H5674" from|strong="H8085" here|strong="H2088". Stay|strong="H1692" here|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5650" girls|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{9}Watch|strong="H5869" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" are|strong="H5869" harvesting|strong="H7105", and|strong="H1980" follow|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w*} girls|strong="H3207". I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5869" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" touch|strong="H5060"/molest you|strong="H6680". And|strong="H1980" whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5869" thirsty|strong="H6770", go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" get|strong="H1980" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H7579" to|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" jars|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5288" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5869" filled|strong="H4390".” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5307", she|strong="H5921" knelt|strong="H5234" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5234"\+w*}, with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" touching|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". She|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440" acting|strong="H4603" so|strong="H4672" kindly|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", by|strong="H5921" paying|strong="H1576" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w even|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*; \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H4672" foreigner|strong="H5237"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Boaz|strong="H1162" replied|strong="H6030", “People|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545". They|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3605" parents|strong="H0001" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3605" homeland, and|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" before|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H8478" hope|strong="H2620"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5973" for|strong="H8478" what|strong="H6467" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". You|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3068" yourself|strong="H5973" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w bird|strong="H3671"\+w* \+w puts|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w itself|strong="H0905"\+w*} under|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w its|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w mother’s|strong="H0517"\+w*} wings|strong="H3671" [MET|strong="H6298"]. I|strong="H8478" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5973" very|strong="H3966" greatly|strong="H3966".” 
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\verseNumber{13}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" act|strong="H1961" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162"/encouraged|strong="H2388" me|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" lower|strong="H8481" in|strong="H5921" status|strong="H6256" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8198" girls|strong="H3207".” 
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\verseNumber{14}At|strong="H3427" mealtime|strong="H6256", Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" her|strong="H6642", “Come|strong="H5066" over|strong="H3498" here|strong="H1988". Take|strong="H3427" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" dip|strong="H2881" it|strong="H6256" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3196" vinegar|strong="H2558" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6256"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H5066" when|strong="H6256" she|strong="H6256" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" with|strong="H7646" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H7646" been|strong="H1961" harvesting|strong="H7105", he|strong="H4480" offered|strong="H5066" her|strong="H6642" some|strong="H4480" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039". She|strong="H6256" ate|strong="H0398" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7039" she|strong="H6256" wanted|strong="H2654", and|strong="H3899" had|strong="H7646" some|strong="H4480" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H1571" she|strong="H1571" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" start|strong="H1870" gathering|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" workers|strong="H6466", “Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" she|strong="H1571" gathers|strong="H6908" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" near|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" bundles|strong="H6872" of|strong="H5288" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H5288" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772", do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" scold her|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{16}Instead|strong="H3808", pull|strong="H7997" out|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" bundles|strong="H6653", and|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H5800" them|strong="H4480" on|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4480" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H3950", and|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" rebuke|strong="H1605" her|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" Ruth|strong="H7327" gathered|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6153" ◄threshed|strong="H2251"/beat|strong="H2251" with|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" stick|strong="H6086"► the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" that|strong="H5704" she|strong="H6153" had|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H3950", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w separate|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w kernels|strong="H2785"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stalks|strong="H6086"\+w*}, and|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" filled|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" basket|strong="H5536". 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H5892" carried|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" back|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" town|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3498" she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" gathered|strong="H3950". Ruth|strong="H7327" also|strong="H3318" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w after|strong="H3318"\+w*} she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" eaten|strong="H0398" enough|strong="H3498" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Boaz|strong="H1162"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w at|strong="H7200"\+w* lunchtime}. 
\verseNumber{19}Her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5046", “Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" gather|strong="H3950" grain|strong="H1715" today|strong="H3117"? In|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" work|strong="H6213"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w*} surely|strong="H6213" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6213" was|strong="H8034" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117".” Then|strong="H1961" Ruth|strong="H5234" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H8034" field|strong="H7704" she|strong="H5973" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H6213". She|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6213" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w owns|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" Boaz|strong="H1162".” 
\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3618" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", “I|strong="H3808" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H4191"! He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5800" acting|strong="H4603" kindly|strong="H2617" toward|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5800"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w still|strong="H1288"\+w*} living|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191".” Then|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" added|strong="H3254", “That|strong="H1931" man|strong="H4191" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" close|strong="H7138" relative|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\+w*}; he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5800" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H1350".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1571" Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5973", ‘Stay|strong="H1692" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" finished|strong="H3615" harvesting|strong="H7105" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605".’” 
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\verseNumber{22}Naomi|strong="H5281" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} girls|strong="H5291", because|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" someone|strong="H0376" else’s|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704", someone|strong="H0376" might|strong="H1323" harm|strong="H7463"/molest you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3427" Ruth|strong="H7327" stayed|strong="H3427" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5704" Boaz’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} girls|strong="H5291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5291"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*}. She|strong="H5704" gathered|strong="H3950" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3427" grain|strong="H2406" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105" were|strong="H3427" finished|strong="H3615". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" Naomi|strong="H5281". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ruth asked Boaz to marry her so she would have a home and other things she needed }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ruth asked Boaz to marry her so she would have a home and other things she needed }
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\chapterNumber{3}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1245" Ruth|strong="H7327", “My|strong="H1245" daughter|strong="H1323", I|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" should|strong="H1323" [RHQ] try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1245" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H1245" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1245" have|strong="H1323" a|strong="H1245" husband|strong="H0376" [MTY] who|strong="H1323" will|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1323"/provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1245"► you|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz|strong="H1162", the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1961" whose|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* } girls|strong="H5291" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gathering|strong="H4723"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5980" relative|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1637"\+w* \+w our|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*}. Listen|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w carefully|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Tonight|strong="H3915" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w barley|strong="H8184"\+w* \+w has|strong="H1961"\+w*} been|strong="H1961" threshed|strong="H1758". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" separating|strong="H5144" the|strong="H1961" barley|strong="H8184" grain|strong="H1715" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" chaff|strong="H4671". 
\verseNumber{3}Bathe|strong="H7364" yourself|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3381" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" perfume|strong="H7004". Put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w best|strong="H2459"\+w*} clothes|strong="H8071". Then|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3045" threshed|strong="H1758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3045" let|strong="H3381" Boaz|strong="H1162" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3045" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H0369" eating|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{supper} and|strong="H3381" drinking|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{5}Ruth|strong="H7327" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7901" Boaz|strong="H1162" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{supper} and|strong="H8354" drinking|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}, he|strong="H8354" felt|strong="H4959" happy|strong="H3190". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H8354" went|strong="H1540" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1540" far|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1540" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3820" grain|strong="H6194". He|strong="H8354" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7901"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" Ruth|strong="H7327" approached|strong="H5066" him|strong="H7097" quietly|strong="H3909". She|strong="H3820" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H1540" blanket|strong="H4541" off|strong="H1540" his|strong="H1540" feet|strong="H4772" and|strong="H8354" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}Boaz|strong="H1162" replied|strong="H0559", “Young|strong="H1115" lady|strong="H5291", I|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄bless|strong="H1288"/be|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3212"► you|strong="H1288"! You|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mother-in-law|strong="H2545"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" even|strong="H3068" more|strong="H4480" kindly|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*, \+w instead|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanting|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w young|strong="H1115"\+w* \+w man|strong="H6223"\+w*}. You|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" looked|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" either|strong="H4480" a|strong="H4480" rich|strong="H6223" young|strong="H1115" man|strong="H6223" or|strong="H4480" a|strong="H4480" poor|strong="H1800" young|strong="H1115" man|strong="H6223", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1288"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258", young|strong="H5288" lady|strong="H5291", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592". Don’t|strong="H0408" worry|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w town|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w might|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" town|strong="H8179" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" an|strong="H6213" honorable|strong="H3513" woman|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6965" she|strong="H3588" lay|strong="H7901" at|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3045" feet|strong="H4772" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965" before|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216" enough|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3045" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3588" able|strong="H5234" to|strong="H5704" recognize|strong="H5234" her|strong="H3045", because|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" anyone|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1242" here|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", “Bring|strong="H3051" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H4304" and|strong="H5892" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921".” When|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", he|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H8210" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" measures|strong="H5429"/24 liters/50 pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H5892" barley|strong="H8184", and|strong="H5892" put|strong="H7896" in|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H5892", she|strong="H5921") went|strong="H5892" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" arrived|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004", her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3605", “My|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", how|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" ◄things|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980"/Boaz|strong="H1162" act|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605"►?” Then|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w*}, “He|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" barley|strong="H8184", saying|strong="H0559" ‘I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" empty-handed|strong="H7387".’ ” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5307" Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H1697", “My|strong="H3045" daughter|strong="H1323", just|strong="H1697" wait|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" see|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" happens|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Boaz|strong="H1162" will|strong="H1697" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w marriage|strong="H0802"\+w* }today|strong="H3117". [LIT|strong="H0215"]” 

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\chapterNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Meanwhile|strong="H3541"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" town|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w matters|strong="H1697"\+w*}. When|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" that|strong="H8179" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H1162" mentioned|strong="H5927" came|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H5674" close|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3427" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H8033" Naomi’s|strong="H5281" dead|strong="H4191" husbands|strong="H1167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1162"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w responsibility|strong="H6486"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Naomi|strong="H5281"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w Ruth|strong="H7327"\+w*}, Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5927", “My|strong="H5493" friend|strong="H6423", come|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5674" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H8033" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427".” So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5674" man|strong="H5674" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz|strong="H1162" then|strong="H3947" gathered|strong="H6960" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5892" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H5892" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4376" had|strong="H7704" the|strong="H7725" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7704" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Naomi|strong="H5281" has|strong="H4124" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. She|strong="H1931" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7725" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H7725" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H7725" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" relative|strong="H1350" Elimelech|strong="H0458". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" about|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H5971" suggest that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", while|strong="H3588" these|strong="H5971" elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" sitting|strong="H3427" here|strong="H1350" are|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3588" property|strong="H0272", do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" suggesting this|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1540" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" right|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145"/next|strong="H1350" right|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588".” The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2205" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Boaz|strong="H1162" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “When|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H7704" from|strong="H5921" Naomi|strong="H5281", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" also|strong="H8034" be|strong="H4191" taking|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H8034"\+w*} who|strong="H4125" is|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4125", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w give|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4125"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* } inherit|strong="H5159" the|strong="H5921" property|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3117" her|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" husband|strong="H0376" [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" close|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1350"\+w* Ruth’s \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w so|strong="H6435"\+w*}, I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w*} buy|strong="H1350" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704", because|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*} would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" inherit|strong="H5159" the|strong="H3588" property|strong="H5159"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Ruth’s \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w inherit|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H1350" the|strong="H3588" property|strong="H5159"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6440", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" person|strong="H6440" bought|strong="H5414" property|strong="H0272" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" another|strong="H7453" person|strong="H6440", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" selling|strong="H4376" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272" would|strong="H3478" take|strong="H5414" off|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" sandals|strong="H5275" and|strong="H6965" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" buying|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" they|strong="H5921" finalized sales in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H1350" that|strong="H5275" close|strong="H1350" relative|strong="H1350" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1350" Boaz|strong="H1162", “You|strong="H1350" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H7069" field|strong="H7704" yourself|strong="H0859"!” And|strong="H5275" he|strong="H7069" took|strong="H3947" off|strong="H8025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1350"\+w*} his|strong="H8025" sandals|strong="H5275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5275"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1350"\+w* \+w Boaz|strong="H1162"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*}, “Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H3027" Naomi|strong="H5281" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H0272" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Elimelech|strong="H0458" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*} Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H3117" Chilion|strong="H3630". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" taking|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H8034"\+w*} from|strong="H3772" Moab|strong="H4125", Mahlon’s|strong="H4248" widow|strong="H0490", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5159" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3772" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4125" will|strong="H1571" inherit|strong="H5159" the|strong="H5921" property|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man|strong="H4191". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" way|strong="H5921", Elimelech’s|strong="H0458" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1571" continue|strong="H6965" [LIT|strong="H0215"] among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4191" and|strong="H6965" among|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H4191" town|strong="H8179". Today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3772" are|strong="H3117" witnesses|strong="H5707" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H5971"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H8179"\+w*} gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*,} we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5971" witnesses|strong="H5707". We|strong="H6213" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" this|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H8034", who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1129", as|strong="H6213" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3478" Leah|strong="H3812" did|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H2205" from|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H5971" descended|strong="H3381". We|strong="H6213" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" rich|strong="H6223" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1004" Ephratah|strong="H0672", and|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" famous|strong="H8034" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{12}We|strong="H4480" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3063" this|strong="H2063" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" to|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H2233". And|strong="H3063" we|strong="H4480" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" important|strong="H5704" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" ancestor Perez|strong="H6557", the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Tamar|strong="H8559".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" Boaz|strong="H1162" took|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". He|strong="H3068" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068"/had|strong="H3068" sexual|strong="H3947" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3068"► her|strong="H5414" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3068" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\+w*} said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Now|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H7121" [LIT|strong="H0215"] you|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7121" grandson|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" responsibility|strong="H6486" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117". We|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" famous|strong="H8034" [MTY] throughout|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H4184" young|strong="H1121" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121". Your|strong="H7725" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", who|strong="H1931" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588", has|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725"/do|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588"► you|strong="H3588" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w*} seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7896" him|strong="H3947" on|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3947" lap|strong="H2436", and|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H3206" him|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3205" women|strong="H7934" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" near|strong="H7126" her|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} Naomi|strong="H5281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H7121"\+w*} has|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121"!” And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Obed|strong="H5744" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} Jesse|strong="H3448" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{18-22}Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w David|strong="H1732"\+w*}: Perez’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Hezron|strong="H2696". Hezron’s|strong="H2696" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Ram|strong="H0352". Ram’s|strong="H3104" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Amminadab|strong="H5992". Amminadab’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Nahshon|strong="H5177". Nahshon’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Salmon|strong="H8012". Salmon’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Boaz|strong="H1162". Boaz’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Obed|strong="H5744". Obed’s son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Jesse|strong="H3448". Jesse’s|strong="H3448" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732". 
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