+ Heb. hap happened.

was

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.

f] Sam, 25.23.

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:

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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

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.

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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.

heart. Gen. 34. 3. Judg. 19. 3. 1 Sam. 25.41.

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 ver. 10. 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.

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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 they meet thee not in any other field.

Ps. 41. 1.

P ch. 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. Job 29. 13. 9 Prov. 17. 17.

ch. 3. 9. &
4. 6.

|| Or, one that hath right to redeem. See Lev. 25.

25.

||Or, fall upon thee.

Ruth claimeth Boaz for a kinsman.

Before CHRIST cir. 1312.

a 1 Cor. 7. 36.

1 Tim. 5. 8.

b ch. 1. 9.

c ch. 2. 8.

d 2 Sam. 14. 2.

|| Or, lift up the clothes that are on his feet.

* Judg. 19. 6, 9, 22.

2 Sam. 13.28.

Esth. 1. 10.

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.

CHAPTER III.

1 By Naomi's instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz's

man.

of barley.

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HEN Naomi her mother in law said TH unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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b

2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, © with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

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3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie

down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

8¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that Or, took hold the man was afraid, and || turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

15 Alsc he said, Bring the || vail that Or, sheet, or, thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her and she went into the city.

16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

18 Then said she, "Sit still, my daugh- Ps. 37. 3, 5. ter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

b

⚫ ch. 3. 12.

Prov. 31. 23.

2 And he took ten men of the elders 1 Kings 21.8. of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

4 And I thought to advertise thee, +Heb. I said, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead his inheritance.

upon

Lev. 25. 25.

Gen. 38. 8 Deut.25.5,6, ch. 3. 13. Matt. 22. 24.

He refuseth the redemption.

Before CHRIST cir. 1312.

ch. 3. 12, 13.

■ Deut.25.7,9.

1 Deut. 25. 6.

Ps. 127. 3. & 128. 3.

6¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

7hNow

7h Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

9¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

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10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place ye are witnesses this day.

11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and I do thou worthily Gen. 35. 16, in Ephratah, and † be famous in Beth

1 Deut. 25. 9. || Or, get thee riches, or,

power.

19.

+Heb. pro

claim thy

name.

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lehem :

12 And let thy house be like the house

Boaz marrieth Ruth.

of Pharez, "whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

13 So Boaz Ptook Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

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Before CHRIST cir. 1312.

n Gen. 38. 29. 1 Chron.2.4. Matt. 1. 3. 1 Sam. 2. 20. P ch. 3. 11. 9 Gen. 29. 31. & 33. 5.

Luke 1. 58. Rom. 12. 15.

14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not † left thee this day without a || kinsman, Heb. caused that his name may be famous in Israel.

to cease unto thee.

|| Or, redeemer.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of +Heb. to † thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto

it.

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nourish. Gen. 45. 11. Ps. 55. 22. + Heb. thy gray hairs. 5.1 Sam. 1. 8.

17 And the women her neighbours Luke 1. 58, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: "Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

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20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat || Salmon,

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" ] Chron.2.4, &c. Matt. 1. 3.

* Numb. 1.7. ▾ Matt. 1.4,&c. || Or, Salmah.

* 1 Chron. 2. 15.

Matt. 1. 6.

Before CHRIST

cir. 1171.

1 Chron. 6. 27, 34.

b Ruth 1. 2.

3 And this man went up out of his city Exod. 23. 14. yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto † the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

Deut. 16. 16. Luke 2. 41. +Heb. from year to year.

d Deut. 12. 5, 6, 7.

Josh. 18. 1.

Deut. 12. 17, 18. & 16. 11.

|| Or, a double portion.

Gen. 30. 2.

+ Heb. angered her.

h Job 24. 21.

|| Or, from the time that she, &c.

+ Heb. from her going up.

i Ruth 4. 15.

k ch. 3. 3.

4¶ And when the time was that Elkanah 'offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

6 And her adversary also + provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

7 And as he did so year by year, || † when she went up to the house of the LORD, So she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

9¶ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

k

n

m

Before CHRIST cir. 1171.

Job 7. 11. &

10. 1.

bitter

11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed ester " look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine hand

maid † a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she † continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman † of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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of soul. 2 Sam 17.8. m Gen. 28. 20. Numb. 30.3. Judg. 11. 30. " Gen. 29. 32. Exod. 4. 31. 2 Sam. 16.12. Ps. 25. 18. • Gen. 8. 1. & 30. 22.

+ Heb. seed of

men.

P Numb. 6. 5. Judg. 13. 5.

+Heb. multiplied to pray.

+Heb. hard of spirit.

9 Ps. 62. 8. & 142. 2.

16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abun-Deut. 13. 13. dance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

Or, medita

tion.