RUTH Chapter 2 (GNB)
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Naomi had a relative named Boaz, a rich and influential man who belonged to the
family of her husband Elimelech.
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One day Ruth said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields to gather the grain
that the harvest workers leave. I am sure to find someone who will let me work
with him." Naomi answered, "Go ahead, daughter."
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So Ruth went out to the fields and walked behind the workers, picking up the
heads of grain which they left. It so happened that
she was in a field that belonged to Boaz.
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Some time later Boaz himself arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the workers.
"The LORD be with you!" he said. "The
LORD bless you!" they answered.
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Boaz asked the man in charge, "Who is that young woman?"
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The man answered, "She is the foreigner who came back from Moab with
Naomi.
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She asked me to let her follow the workers and gather grain. She has been
working since early morning and has just now stopped to rest for a while under
the shelter."
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Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Let me give you some advice. Don't gather grain
anywhere except in this field. Work with the women here;
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watch them to see where they are reaping and stay with them. I have ordered my
men not to molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and drink from the water
jars that they have filled."
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Ruth bowed down with her face touching the ground, and said to Boaz, "Why
should you be so concerned about me? Why should you be so kind to a
foreigner?"
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Boaz answered, "I have heard about everything that you have done for your
mother-in-law since your husband died. I know how you left your father and
mother and your own country and how you came to live among a people you had
never known before.
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May the LORD reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from
the LORD God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!"
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Ruth answered, "You are very kind to me, sir. You have made me feel better
by speaking gently to me, even though I am not the equal of one of your
servants."
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At mealtime Boaz said to Ruth, "Come and have a piece of bread, and dip it
in the sauce." So she sat with the workers, and Boaz passed some roasted grain
to her. She ate until she was satisfied, and she still had some food left over.
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After she had left to go and gather grain, Boaz ordered the workers, "Let
her gather grain even where the bundles are lying, and don't say anything to
stop her. Besides that, pull out some heads of grain from the bundles and leave
them for her to pick up."
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(SEE 2:15)
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So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening, and when she had beaten it
out, she found she had nearly twenty-five pounds.
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She took the grain back into town and showed her mother-in-law how much she had
gathered. She also gave her the food left over from the meal.
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Naomi asked her, "Where did you gather all this grain today? Whose field
have you been working in? May God bless the man who took an interest in you!" So Ruth told Naomi that she had been working in a
field belonging to a man named Boaz.
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"May the LORD bless Boaz!" Naomi exclaimed. "The LORD always
keeps his promises to the living and the dead." And she went on,
"That man is a close relative of ours, one of those responsible for taking
care of us."
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Then Ruth said, "Best of all, he told me to keep gathering grain with his
workers until they finish the harvest."
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Naomi said to Ruth, "Yes, daughter, it will be better for you to work with
the women in Boaz' field. You might be molested if you went to someone else's
field."
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So Ruth worked with them and gathered grain until all the barley and wheat had
been harvested. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.
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