She said, “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord. You have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not even one of your servants.”
In context
11Boaz answered her, “I have been told everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died — how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people you did not know before. 12May Yahweh repay you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” 13She said, “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord. You have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not even one of your servants.” 14At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread, and dip it in the sour wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and had some left over. 15When she got up to gather grain again, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her gather even among the sheaves, and do not embarrass her.
