^{1 2} And Jacob went^◦ on his way, and the angels of God came·​·upon him.

^{2 3} And Jacob said when^▵ he saw them, This is the camp of God; and he called the name of that^◦ place Mahanaim^*.

^{3 4} And Jacob sent messengers before him, to^▵ Esau his brother to^▫ the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

^{4 5} And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau, Thus says thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have delayed until now.

^{5 6} And I had ox and donkey, flock and manservant and handmaid; and I send to tell my lord, to find grace in thine eyes.

^{6 7} And the messengers returned to^▵ Jacob, saying, We came to^▵ thy brother, to^▵ Esau, and he even walks to meet thee, and four hundred men^◦ with him.

^{7 8} And Jacob feared exceedingly, and was·​·distressed; and he halved the people that was with^◦ him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into^◦ two camps.

^{8 9} And he said, If Esau come to^▵ the one camp and smite it, then there will be a camp left to escape^◦.

^{9 10} And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who says to^▵ me, Return to thy land, and to thy birth place, and I will do·​·well with thee;

^{10 11} I am·​·smaller than all the mercies and all the truth which Thou hast done with^◦ Thy servant; for with my stick I crossed·​·over this Jordan, and now I am in two camps.

^{11 12} Rescue me, I pray^◦, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I^▵ fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother above the sons^*.

^{12 13} And Thou^◦ saidst, Doing·​·well I will do·​·well with thee, and I will make^* thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered for multitude.

^{13 14} And in that^◦ night he passed·​·the·​·night there, and he took of that which came into his hand a gift^◦ for Esau his brother:

^{14 15} two·​·hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats^▫, two·​·hundred ewes and twenty rams;

^{15 16} the nursing camels and their young^◦ were thirty; forty she·​·calves and ten bullocks, twenty she·​·donkeys and ten colts.

^{16 17} And he gave into the hand of his servants each drove alone, and said to^▵ his servants, Pass·​·on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

^{17 18} And he commanded the first, saying, When^◦ Esau my brother encounters thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou^◦? And whither^▵ goest thou? And whose are these before thee?

^{18 19} Then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob’s; this^◦ is a gift^◦ sent to my lord Esau, and behold, he^◦ also is behind us.

^{19 20} And he commanded also the second, also the third, also all that went^◦ after the droves, saying, According·​·to this word shall you speak to^▵ Esau, when you find him.

^{20 21} And you shall also say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will make·​·atonement to his faces with a gift·​·offering that goes^◦ before me, and afterwards I will see his faces; perhaps he will accept my faces.

^{21 22} And the gift·​·offering passed·​·on before him, and in that^◦ night he^◦ lodged in the camp.

^{22 23} And he^◦ rose·​·up in the night, and took his two women, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and crossed·​·over the fords of Jabbok.

^{23 24} And he took them, and caused them to cross·​·over the brook, and caused to pass what he had.

^{24 25} And Jacob remained alone, and a man^◦ wrestled with him until the dawn came·​·up.

^{25 26} And he saw that he prevailed^◦ not over him, and he touched the hollow^◦ of his thigh, and the hollow^◦ of the thigh of Jacob was disjointed in his wrestling with him.

^{26 27} And he said, Let· me ·go^◦, for the dawn comes·​·up. And he said, I will not let· thee ·go^◦, unless^◦ thou bless me.

^{27 28} And he said to^▵ him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

^{28 29} And he said, Thy name shall no^◦ more^◦ be said to be Jacob, but^◦ Israel; for as·​·a·​·prince thou hast contended with God and with men^◦, and hast prevailed^◦.

^{29 30} And Jacob asked and said, Tell, I pray^◦, thy name. And he said, Why is this that thou dost ask as·​·to my name? And he blessed him there.

^{30 31} And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God faces to^▵ faces, and my soul is rescued.

^{31 32} And the sun rose^◦ to him as^◦ he crossed·​·over Penuel, and he^◦ limped upon his thigh.

^{32 33} Therefore the sons of Israel eat not the sinew of that which was displaced, which is on the hollow^◦ of the thigh, even·​·to this day, for he touched in the hollow^◦ of Jacob’s thigh the sinew of that which was displaced.

¹ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

² And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, go, my daughter.

³ And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

⁵ Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

⁶ And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

⁷ And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

⁸ Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither Go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

⁹ Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

¹¹ And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

¹² The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of The LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

¹³ Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

¹⁴ And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

¹⁵ And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

¹⁶ And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

¹⁷ So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

¹⁸ And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

¹⁹ And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and Where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

²⁰ And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

²¹ And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

²² And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

²³ So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.