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And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?
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and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night ,
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and thou hast bathed , and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor ; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink ;
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and it cometh to pass when he lieth down, that thou hast known the place where he lieth down, and hast gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down, -- and he doth declare to thee that which thou dost do.'
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And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest -- I do.'
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And she goeth down [to] the threshing-floor , and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her
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And Boaz eateth and drinketh , and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.
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And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night , that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.
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And he saith, `Who [art] thou?' and she saith, `I [am] Ruth thy handmaid , and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid , for thou [art] a redeemer .'
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And he saith, `Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning -- not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.
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And now, my daughter, fear not , all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman .
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And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer , but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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Lodge to night , and it hath been in the morning , if he doth redeem thee, well : he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee -- I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning .'
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And she lieth down at his feet till the morning , and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, `Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor .'
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And he saith, `Give the covering which [is] on thee, and keep hold on it;' and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six [measures] of barley , and layeth [it] on her; and he goeth into the city .
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And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who [art] thou, my daughter?' and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her.
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And she saith, `These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
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And she saith, `Sit still , my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth , for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day .'