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\BibleBook{The Book of Ruth}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Ruth }
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\chapterNumber{1}In|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" judges|strong="H8199" judged|strong="H8199", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776". A|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3117" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" with|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0935" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H8034" Elimelech|strong="H0458", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" Naomi|strong="H5281". The|strong="H0935" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H1121" Chilion|strong="H3630", Ephrathites|strong="H0673" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}Elimelech|strong="H0458", Naomi’s|strong="H5281" husband|strong="H0376", died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7604" with|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0376" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H8033" took|strong="H5375" for|strong="H0259" themselves wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5375" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H8141" Moab|strong="H4125". The|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5375" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Orpah|strong="H6204", and|strong="H0802" the|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5375" other|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Ruth|strong="H7327". They|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" about|strong="H8033" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{5}Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H0376" Chilion|strong="H3630" both|strong="H8147" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1571" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H0376" bereaved of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0802" two|strong="H8147" children|strong="H3206" and|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H1931" arose|strong="H6965" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618", that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" might|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:6  }When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.} had|strong="H3068" visited|strong="H6485" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3063" her|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413". They|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{8}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802" two|strong="H8147" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618", “Go|strong="H7725", return|strong="H7725" each|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802" mother’s|strong="H0517" house|strong="H1004". May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" deal|strong="H6213" kindly with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" dealt with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{9}May|strong="H0376" The|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" grant|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H0376" find|strong="H4672" rest|strong="H4496", each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H0802" husband|strong="H0376".” 
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Then|strong="H5375" she kissed|strong="H5401" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0376" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3068" voices|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7725", “No, but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", my|strong="H1961" daughters|strong="H1323". Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" want to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"? Do|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0559" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0376" my|strong="H1961" womb|strong="H4578", that|strong="H0559" they|strong="H0376" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" husbands|strong="H0376"? 
\verseNumber{12}Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", my|strong="H1961" daughters|strong="H1323", go|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" way; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" too|strong="H1571" old|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376". If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" hope|strong="H8615",’ if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" even|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" tonight|strong="H3915", and|strong="H1121" should|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1571" bear|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{13}would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" then|strong="H1961" wait until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431"? Would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" then|strong="H1961" refrain|strong="H5702" from|strong="H4480" having|strong="H1961" husbands|strong="H0376"? No|strong="H0408", my|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323", for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" grieves me|strong="H4480" seriously for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" sakes, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480".” 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H5375" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" voices|strong="H6963" and|strong="H6963" wept|strong="H1058" again|strong="H5750"; then|strong="H5375" Orpah|strong="H6204" kissed|strong="H5401" her|strong="H5375" mother-in-law|strong="H2545", but Ruth|strong="H7327" stayed|strong="H5750" with|strong="H2545" her|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:15  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} your|strong="H7725" sister-in-law|strong="H2994" has|strong="H0430" gone|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" god|strong="H0430". Follow|strong="H0310" your|strong="H7725" sister-in-law|strong="H2994".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" urge|strong="H6293" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0834", for|strong="H3588" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H7725", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" go|strong="H7725"; and|strong="H0430" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" stay|strong="H3885", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" stay|strong="H3885". Your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H0408" my|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0430" your|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:16  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} my|strong="H7725" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}Where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912". May|strong="H3068" The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H3254", and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3068", if|strong="H3588" anything but|strong="H3588" death|strong="H4191" parts|strong="H6504" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3254".” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Naomi saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" determined|strong="H0553" to|strong="H0413" go with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H0413", she|strong="H1931" stopped|strong="H2308" urging her|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" went|strong="H0935" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" excited about|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" Naomi|strong="H5281"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413" Naomi|strong="H5281".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:20  }“Naomi” means “pleasant”.} Call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413" Mara|strong="H4755",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:20  “Mara” means “bitter”.} for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3588" dealt|strong="H4843" very|strong="H3966" bitterly|strong="H4843" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H4100" full|strong="H4392", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0589" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" empty|strong="H7387". Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725" Naomi|strong="H5281", since the|strong="H0589" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" testified against me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0589" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3068" afflicted me|strong="H7725"?” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0935" Naomi|strong="H5281" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H0935" Moabitess|strong="H4125", her|strong="H0935" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0935", who|strong="H4125" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H0935" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0935" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" Moab|strong="H4124". They|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H7704" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Naomi|strong="H5281" had|strong="H3045" a|strong="H0376" relative of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H5281" husband’s|strong="H0376", a|strong="H0376" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" wealth|strong="H2428", of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3045" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H0376" Elimelech|strong="H0458", and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
\verseNumber{2}Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H0559" Moabitess|strong="H4125" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" go|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H5869" glean|strong="H3950" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ears|strong="H7641" of|strong="H1323" grain|strong="H7641" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" whose|strong="H0834" sight|strong="H5869" I|strong="H0834" find|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580".” 
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She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H4994", my|strong="H0834" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{3}She|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" gleaned|strong="H3950" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0834" reapers; and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" portion|strong="H2513" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704" belonging to|strong="H0935" Boaz|strong="H1162", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0834" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7704" Elimelech|strong="H0458". 
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\verseNumber{4}Behold|strong="H2009", Boaz|strong="H1162" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" reapers, “May|strong="H3068" The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1288" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
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They|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935", “May|strong="H3068" The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0559" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H5288" set|strong="H5324" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" reapers, “Whose|strong="H4310" young|strong="H5288" lady|strong="H5291" is|strong="H4310" this|strong="H2063"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" set|strong="H5324" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" reapers answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0559" Moabite|strong="H4125" lady|strong="H5291" who|strong="H1931" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" Naomi|strong="H5281" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" glean|strong="H3950" and|strong="H0935" gather|strong="H0622" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" reapers among|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" sheaves.’ So|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0310" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" has|strong="H2088" continued|strong="H0559" even|strong="H5704" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258", except that|strong="H2088" she|strong="H0310" rested a|strong="H0935" little|strong="H4592" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ruth|strong="H7327", “Listen|strong="H8085", my|strong="H8085" daughter|strong="H1323". Don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0413" glean|strong="H3950" in|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H8085" don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H5674" from|strong="H8085" here|strong="H2088", but|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H1692" here|strong="H2088" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" maidens|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{9}Let|strong="H1980" your|strong="H0834" eyes|strong="H5869" be|strong="H3808" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" reap|strong="H7114", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413". Haven’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" touch|strong="H5060" you|strong="H0834"? When|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" thirsty|strong="H6770", go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1980" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H0834" drawn|strong="H5060".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5307" she|strong="H6440" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0776" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H0595" found|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869", that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H0559" take|strong="H5234" knowledge|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0776" me|strong="H0413", since I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H4672" foreigner|strong="H5237"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}Boaz|strong="H1162" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3605", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" about|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" since|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0776" how|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" left|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", your|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3605" birth|strong="H4138", and|strong="H0776" have|strong="H0834" come to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" before|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{12}May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" your|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6467", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" full|strong="H8003" reward|strong="H7999" be|strong="H1961" given to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", under|strong="H8478" whose|strong="H0834" wings|strong="H3671" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H2620" refuge|strong="H2620".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5921" find|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5869" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8198", though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H8198".” 
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\verseNumber{14}At|strong="H3427" meal|strong="H3899" time|strong="H6256" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0398", “Come|strong="H5066" here|strong="H1988", and|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0398" dip|strong="H2881" your|strong="H0398" morsel|strong="H6595" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" vinegar|strong="H2558".” 
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She|strong="H6256" sat|strong="H3427" beside|strong="H6654" the|strong="H0559" reapers, and|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0559" passed|strong="H3427" her|strong="H0398" parched|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039". She|strong="H6256" ate|strong="H0398", was|strong="H3427" satisfied|strong="H7646", and|strong="H0398" left|strong="H3498" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" it|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H1571" she|strong="H3808" had|strong="H0853" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" glean|strong="H3950", Boaz|strong="H1162" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", saying|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" her|strong="H0996" glean|strong="H3950" even|strong="H1571" among|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" sheaves, and|strong="H6965" don’t|strong="H3808" reproach her|strong="H0996". 
\verseNumber{16}Also|strong="H1571" pull out|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" for|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" bundles|strong="H6653", and|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H5800" it|strong="H3808". Let|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" glean|strong="H3950", and|strong="H1571" don’t|strong="H3808" rebuke|strong="H1605" her|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" gleaned|strong="H3950" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153"; and|strong="H7704" she|strong="H0834" beat|strong="H2251" out|strong="H2251" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" gleaned|strong="H3950", and|strong="H7704" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" efah\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:17  }1 efah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel} of|strong="H7704" barley|strong="H8184". 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" gleaned|strong="H3950"; and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" after|strong="H3318" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" enough|strong="H3498". 
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\verseNumber{19}Her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5046", “Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" gleaned|strong="H3950" today|strong="H3117"? Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" worked|strong="H6213"? Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" noticed|strong="H5234" you|strong="H0834".” 
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She|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" with|strong="H5973" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" worked|strong="H6213", “The|strong="H0853" man’s|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" with|strong="H5973" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" worked|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H0834" Boaz|strong="H1162".” 
\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", “May|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H4191" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" living|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191".” Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" close|strong="H7138" relative|strong="H1350" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H0559", one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" our|strong="H3068" near|strong="H7138" kinsmen|strong="H7138".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H3605" Moabitess|strong="H4125" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" stay|strong="H1692" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" harvest|strong="H7105".’” 
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\verseNumber{22}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ruth|strong="H7327" her|strong="H0413" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896", my|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" maidens|strong="H5291", and|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" meet|strong="H6293" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0413" any|strong="H0312" other|strong="H0312" field|strong="H7704".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5704" stayed|strong="H3427" close|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" maidens|strong="H5291" of|strong="H3427" Boaz|strong="H1162", to|strong="H5704" glean|strong="H3950" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H3427" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105" and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105"; and|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H5704" mother-in-law|strong="H2545". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Naomi|strong="H5281" her|strong="H0559" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1245" daughter|strong="H1323", shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1245" rest|strong="H4494" for|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834", that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3808" may|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834"? 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H6258" isn’t|strong="H3808" Boaz|strong="H1162" our|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H4130", with|strong="H0854" whose|strong="H0834" maidens|strong="H5291" you|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834"? Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" winnowing|strong="H2219" barley|strong="H8184" tonight|strong="H3915" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637". 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3045" wash|strong="H7364" yourself|strong="H5921", anoint|strong="H5480" yourself|strong="H5921", get dressed, and|strong="H0398" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637"; but|strong="H0376" don’t|strong="H0408" make|strong="H7760" yourself|strong="H5921" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H0376" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0398" drinking|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" lies|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" note|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" lying|strong="H7901". Then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", uncover|strong="H1540" his|strong="H1961" feet|strong="H4772", and|strong="H0935" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0935" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605", “All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637", and|strong="H3381" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" told|strong="H6680" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H0935" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H0398" eaten|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drunk|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" merry|strong="H3190", he|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" at|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0935" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3820" the|strong="H0935" heap|strong="H6194" of|strong="H3820" grain|strong="H6194". She|strong="H3820" came|strong="H0935" softly, uncovered|strong="H1540" his|strong="H0935" feet|strong="H4772", and|strong="H0935" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{8}At|strong="H1961" midnight, the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" startled|strong="H2729" and|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H1961" himself|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H0376" behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" lay|strong="H7901" at|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" feet|strong="H4772". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859"?” 
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She|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" Ruth|strong="H7327" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H0519". Therefore|strong="H0859" spread|strong="H6566" the|strong="H0559" corner|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" garment|strong="H3671" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H0519"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4310" a|strong="H3588" near|strong="H5921" kinsman|strong="H1350".” 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" shown|strong="H3190" more|strong="H4480" kindness|strong="H2617" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" latter|strong="H0314" end|strong="H0314" than|strong="H4480" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" beginning|strong="H7223", because|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0859" didn’t follow|strong="H0310" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970", whether|strong="H0518" poor|strong="H1800" or|strong="H0518" rich|strong="H6223". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559"; for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" worthy|strong="H2428" woman|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3426" true|strong="H0551" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H3588" near|strong="H7138" kinsman|strong="H1350". However|strong="H0518", there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" kinsman|strong="H1350" nearer than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H0595". 
\verseNumber{13}Stay|strong="H3885" this|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" perform for|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3068" part of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H1350", good|strong="H2896". Let|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1961" do|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3068" kinsman’s duty. But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3068" duty of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H1350" for|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518", then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3068" duty of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H1350" for|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518", as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416". Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242".” 
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\verseNumber{14}She|strong="H3588" lay|strong="H7901" at|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" feet|strong="H4772" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", then|strong="H6965" she|strong="H3588" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" before|strong="H5704" one|strong="H0376" could|strong="H0376" discern|strong="H3045" another|strong="H7453". For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H0408" it|strong="H3588" not|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" known|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637".” 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" mantle that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0935" hold|strong="H0270" it|strong="H5921".” She|strong="H0834" held|strong="H0270" it|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" measured|strong="H4058" six|strong="H8337" measures of|strong="H5921" barley|strong="H8184", and|strong="H0935" laid|strong="H7896" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921"; then|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545", she|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" go|strong="H0935", my|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323"?” 
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She|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428" six|strong="H8337" measures of|strong="H0935" barley|strong="H8184"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H0935" empty|strong="H7387" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5307" she|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Wait|strong="H3427", my|strong="H3045" daughter|strong="H1323", until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" happen|strong="H1697"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H8252" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" settled|strong="H3427" this|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H2009" Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" near|strong="H8033" kinsman|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3427" whom|strong="H0834" Boaz|strong="H1162" spoke|strong="H1696" came|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3427". Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5674" here|strong="H6311", friend, and|strong="H8033" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427"!” He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" over|strong="H5674", and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz took|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311",” and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" near kinsman|strong="H0251", “Naomi|strong="H5281", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" out of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0559" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" Moab|strong="H4124", is|strong="H0834" selling|strong="H4376" the|strong="H0559" parcel of|strong="H7704" land|strong="H7704", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" our|strong="H0834" brother|strong="H0251" Elimelech’s. 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H0589" thought|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0589" should|strong="H0518" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H0518" before|strong="H5048" those|strong="H0310" who|strong="H0369" sit|strong="H3427" here|strong="H1350", and|strong="H3045" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971".’ If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0369" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H0518", redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H0518"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H0518", then|strong="H0310" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" may|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045". For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0559" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H0518" besides|strong="H2108" you|strong="H3588"; and|strong="H3045" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3588".” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0369" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H0518".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" Naomi|strong="H5281", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5921" Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H0559" Moabitess|strong="H4125", the|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191", to|strong="H0559" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" near|strong="H3808" kinsman|strong="H1350" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" can’t|strong="H3808" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" myself, lest|strong="H6435" I|strong="H3588" endanger my|strong="H3588" own inheritance|strong="H5159". Take my|strong="H3588" right|strong="H1353" of|strong="H0559" redemption|strong="H1353" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0859"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can’t|strong="H3808" redeem|strong="H1350" it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" former|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" concerning|strong="H5921" redeeming and|strong="H6965" concerning|strong="H5921" exchanging, to|strong="H5921" confirm|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697": a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" took|strong="H5414" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sandal|strong="H5275", and|strong="H6965" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" neighbor|strong="H7453"; and|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0376" formalizing transactions in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H1350" the|strong="H0559" near kinsman|strong="H1350" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Boaz|strong="H1162", “Buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H1350" for|strong="H0559" yourself,” then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0559" took off his|strong="H8025" sandal|strong="H5275". 
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\verseNumber{9}Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" witnesses|strong="H5707" today|strong="H3117", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" bought|strong="H7069" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" Elimelech’s, and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" Chilion’s and|strong="H3027" Mahlon’s, from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{10}Moreover|strong="H1571", Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H0853" Moabitess|strong="H4125", the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3117" Mahlon|strong="H4248", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" purchased|strong="H7069" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", to|strong="H4191" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159", that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" dead|strong="H4191" may|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725". You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" witnesses|strong="H5707" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" witnesses|strong="H5707". May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H0834" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H0935" like|strong="H0834" Leah|strong="H3812", which|strong="H0834" both|strong="H8147" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H0935" treat|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" worthily in|strong="H0935" Ephrathah|strong="H0672", and|strong="H0935" be|strong="H8034" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{12}Let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Perez|strong="H6557", whom|strong="H0834" Tamar|strong="H8559" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063", of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" offspring|strong="H2233"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:12  }or, seed} which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" Boaz|strong="H1162" took|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327" and|strong="H1121" she became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" conceive|strong="H2032", and|strong="H1121" she bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0559" women|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" left you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117" without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7121" near|strong="H3808" kinsman|strong="H1350". Let|strong="H1350" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" be|strong="H3808" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" restorer|strong="H7725" of|strong="H1121" life|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" sustain|strong="H3557" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H0834" old|strong="H1121" age|strong="H1121"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H0834" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", who|strong="H0834" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="H0834", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0834" than|strong="H2896" seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121", has|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{16}Naomi|strong="H5281" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H3206", laid|strong="H7896" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0539" her|strong="H3947" bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H0853" became|strong="H1961" nurse|strong="H0539" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0559" women|strong="H7934", her|strong="H7121" neighbors|strong="H7934", gave|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034", saying|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0559" Naomi|strong="H5281"”. They|strong="H0559" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0559" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", the|strong="H0559" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now this|strong="H0428" is|strong="H0428" the|strong="H0853" history|strong="H8435" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" generations|strong="H8435" of|strong="H3205" Perez|strong="H6557": Perez|strong="H6557" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Hezron|strong="H2696", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H0853" Hezron|strong="H2696" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Ram|strong="H7410", and|strong="H0853" Ram|strong="H7410" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Amminadab|strong="H5992", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H0853" Amminadab|strong="H5992" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Nahshon|strong="H5177", and|strong="H0853" Nahshon|strong="H5177" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Salmon|strong="H8009", 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H0853" Salmon|strong="H8012" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Boaz|strong="H1162", and|strong="H0853" Boaz|strong="H1162" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744", 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="H1732" Obed|strong="H5744" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1732" Jesse|strong="H3448" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732". 
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