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One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
3:2
Waiting
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
3:3
Waiting
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
3:4
Waiting
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
3:5
Waiting
“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
3:6
Waiting
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
3:7
Waiting
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
3:8
Waiting
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
3:9
Waiting
“Who are you?” he asked.
3:10
Waiting
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
3:11
Waiting
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
3:12
Waiting
Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
3:13
Waiting
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
3:14
Waiting
So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her.
3:15
Waiting
And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
3:16
Waiting
When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?”
3:17
Waiting
And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
3:18
Waiting
“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”