Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out to the fields and gather the leftover grain behind anyone who will show me favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
In context
1Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out to the fields and gather the leftover grain behind anyone who will show me favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3So she went out to the fields and gathered grain behind the reapers. As it happened, she came to the portion of the field that belonged to Boaz, of the family of Elimelech. 4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “Yahweh be with you.” “Yahweh bless you,” they answered.
