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Ruth 1

1. Now it came <01961> to pass in the days <03117> when the
judges <08199> ruled <08199>, that there was a famine <07458> in
the land <0776>. And a certain man <0376> of Bethlehemjudah
<01035> went <03212> to sojourn <01481> in the country <07704>
of Moab <04124>, he, and his wife <0802>, and his two <08147>
sons <01121>.

2 And the name <08034> of the man <0376> [was] Elimelech <0458>,
and the name <08034> of his wife <0802> Naomi < 05281>, and the
name <08034> of his two <08147> sons <01121> Mahlon <04248> and
Chilion <03630>, Ephrathites <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <01035>.
And they came <0935> into the country <07704> of Moab <04124>,
and continued <01961> there <08033>.

3 And Elimelech <0458> Naomi's <05281> husband < 0376> died
<04191>; and she was left <07604>, and her two < 08147> sons
<01121>.

4 And they took <05375> them wives <0802> of the women <0802>
of Moab <04125>; the name <08034> of the one < 0259> [was] Orpah
<06204>, and the name <08034> of the other < 08145> Ruth <07327>:
and they dwelled <03427> there <08033> about ten < 06235> years
<08141>.

5 And Mahlon <04248> and Chilion <03630> died < 04191> also
<01571> both <08147> of them; and the woman < 0802> was left
<07604> of her two <08147> sons <03206> and her husband <0376>.

6. Then she arose <06965> with her daughters <03618> in law
<03618>, that she might return <07725> from the country <07704>
of Moab <04124>: for she had heard <08085> in the country
<07704> of Moab <04124> how that the LORD < 03068> had visited
<06485> his people <05971> in giving <05414> them bread <03899>.

7 Wherefore she went <03318> forth <03318> out of the place
<04725> where she was, and her two <08147> daughters <03618> in
law <03618> with her; and they went <03212> on the way <01870>
to return <07725> unto the land <0776> of Judah < 03063>.

8 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto her two < 08147> daughters
<03618> in law <03618>, Go <03212>, return < 07725> each <0802>
to her mother's <0517> house <01004>: the LORD < 03068> deal
<06213> kindly <02617> with you, as ye have dealt < 06213> with
the dead <04191>, and with me.

9 The LORD <03068> grant <05414> you that ye may find <04672>
rest <04496>, each <0802> [of you] in the house < 01004> of her
husband <0376>. Then she kissed <05401> them; and they lifted
<05375> up their voice <06963>, and wept <01058> .

10 And they said <0559> unto her, Surely <03588> we will return
<07725> with thee unto thy people <05971>.

11 And Naomi <05281> said <0559>, Turn <07725> again <07725>,
my daughters <01121>: why <04100> will ye go < 03212> with me?
[are] there yet <05750> [any more] sons <01121> in my womb
<04578>, that they may be your husbands <0582>?

12 Turn <07725> again <07725>, my daughters < 01121>, go <03212>
[your way <01870>]; for I am too old <02204> to have an husband
<0376>. If <03588> I should say <0559>, I have hope <08615>, [if
<03588>] I should have an husband <0376> also to night <03915>,
and should also <01571> bear <03205> sons < 01121>;

13 Would ye tarry <07663> for them till <05704> they were grown
<01431>? would ye stay <05702> for them from having husbands
<0376>? nay <0408>, my daughters <01121>; for it grieveth
<04843> me much <03966> for your sakes that the hand <03027> of
the LORD <0113> is gone <03318> out against me.

14 And they lifted <05375> up their voice <06963>, and wept
<01058> again <05750>: and Orpah <06204> kissed <05401> her
mother <02545> in law <02545>; but Ruth <07327> clave <01692>
unto her.

15 And she said <0559>, Behold <02009>, thy sister <02994> in
law <02994> is gone <07725> back <07725> unto her people <05971>,
and unto her gods <0430>: return <07725> thou after <0310> thy
sister <02994> in law <02994>.

16 And Ruth <07327> said <0559>, Intreat < 06293> me not to
leave <05800> thee, [or] to return <07725> from following after
<0310> thee: for whither thou goest <03212>, I will go <03212>;
and where <0834> thou lodgest <03885>, I will lodge <03885>: thy
people <05971> [shall be] my people <05971>, and thy God <0430>
my God <0430>:

17 Where <0834> thou diest <04191>, will I die < 04191>, and
there <08033> will I be buried <06912>: the LORD < 03068> do
<06213> so <03541> to me, and more <03254> also <03541>, [if
<03588> ought] but death <04194> part <06504> thee and me.

18 When she saw <07200> that she was stedfastly < 0553> minded
to go <03212> with her, then she left <02308> speaking <01696>
unto her.

19. So they two <08147> went <03212> until < 05704> they came
<0935> to Bethlehem <01035>. And it came <01961> to pass, when
they were come <0935> to Bethlehem <01035>, that all <03605> the
city <05892> was moved <01949> about <05921> them, and they said
<0559>, [Is] this <02063> Naomi <05281>?

20 And she said <0559> unto them, Call <07121> me not Naomi
<05281>, call <07121> me Mara <04755>: for the Almighty <07706>
hath dealt very <03966> bitterly <04843> with me.

21 I went <01980> out full <04390>, and the LORD < 03068> hath
brought <07725> me home <07725> again <07725> empty <07387>: why
<04100> [then] call <07121> ye me Naomi <05281>, seeing the LORD
<03068> hath testified <06030> against me, and the Almighty
<07706> hath afflicted <07489> me?

22 So Naomi <05281> returned <07725>, and Ruth < 07327> the
Moabitess <04125>, her daughter <03618> in law < 03618>, with her,
which returned <07725> out of the country <07704> of Moab
<04124>: and they came <0935> to Bethlehem < 01035> in the
beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest < 07105>.

Ruth 2

1. And Naomi <05281> had a kinsman <03045> of her husband's
<0376>, a mighty <01368> man <0376> of wealth <02428>, of the
family <04940> of Elimelech <0458>; and his name < 08034> [was]
Boaz <01162>.

2 And Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125> said < 0559> unto Naomi
<05281>, Let me now <04994> go <03212> to the field <07704>, and
glean <03950> ears <07641> of corn after <0310> [him] in whose
<0834> sight <05869> I shall find <04672> grace <02580>. And she
said <0559> unto her, Go <03212>, my daughter < 01323>.

3 And she went <03212>, and came <0935>, and gleaned <03950> in
the field <07704> after <0310> the reapers < 07114>: and her hap
<04745> was to light <07136> on a part <02513> of the field
<07704> [belonging] unto Boaz <01162>, who < 0834> [was] of the
kindred <04940> of Elimelech <0458>.

4. And, behold <02009>, Boaz <01162> came < 0935> from Bethlehem
<01035>, and said <0559> unto the reapers < 07114>, The LORD
<03068> [be] with you. And they answered <0559> him, The LORD
<03068> bless <01288> thee.

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162> unto his servant < 05288> that
was set <05324> over <05921> the reapers <07114> , Whose <04310>
damsel <05291> [is] this <02063>?

6 And the servant <05288> that was set <05324> over <05921> the
reapers <07114> answered <06030> and said <0559> , It [is] the
Moabitish <04125> damsel <05291> that came < 07725> back <07725>
with Naomi <05281> out of the country <07704> of Moab <04124>:

7 And she said <0559>, I pray <04994> you, let me glean <03950>
and gather <0622> after <0310> the reapers < 07114> among <0996>
the sheaves <06016>: so she came <0935>, and hath continued
<05975> even <0227> from the morning <01242> until <05704> now
<06258>, that she tarried <03427> a little < 04592> in the house
<01004>.

8 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162> unto Ruth < 07327>, Hearest
<08085> thou not, my daughter <01323>? Go < 03212> not to glean
<03950> in another <0312> field <07704>, neither go <05674> from
hence <02088>, but abide <01692> here <03541> fast by my maidens
<05291>:

9 [Let] thine eyes <05869> [be] on the field <07704> that they
do reap <07114>, and go <01980> thou after < 0310> them: have I
not charged <06680> the young <05288> men that they shall not
touch <05060> thee? and when thou art athirst <06770>, go
<01980> unto the vessels <03627>, and drink < 08354> of [that]
which <0834> the young <05288> men have drawn < 07579>.

10 Then she fell <05307> on <05921> her face < 06440>, and bowed
<07812> herself to the ground <0776>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Why <04069> have I found <04672> grace <02580> in thine eyes
<05869>, that thou shouldest take knowledge <05234> of me,
seeing I [am] a stranger <05237>?

11 And Boaz <01162> answered <06030> and said < 0559> unto her,
It hath fully <05046> been shewed <05046> me, all < 03605> that
thou hast done <06213> unto thy mother <02545> in law <02545>
since <0310> the death <04194> of thine husband < 0376>: and
[how] thou hast left <05800> thy father <01> and thy mother
<0517>, and the land <0776> of thy nativity < 04138>, and art
come <01980> unto a people <05971> which <0834> thou knewest
<03045> not heretofore <08543>.

12 The LORD <03068> recompense <07999> thy work < 06467>, and a
full <08003> reward <04909> be given thee of the LORD <03068>
God <0430> of Israel <03478>, under <08478> whose <0834> wings
<03671> thou art come <0935> to trust <02620>.

13 Then she said <0559>, Let me find <04672> favour <02580> in
thy sight <05869>, my lord <03068>; for that thou hast comforted
<05162> me, and for that thou hast spoken <01696> friendly
<03820> unto thine handmaid <08198>, though I be not like unto
one <0259> of thine handmaidens <08198>.

14 And Boaz <01162> said <0559> unto her, At mealtime come
<05060> thou hither <01988>, and eat <0398> of the bread <03899>,
and dip <02881> thy morsel <06595> in the vinegar <02558>. And
she sat <03427> beside <06654> the reapers < 07114>: and he
reached <06642> her parched <07039> [corn], and she did eat
<0398>, and was sufficed <07646>, and left < 03498>.

15 And when she was risen <06965> up to glean <03950> , Boaz
<01162> commanded <06680> his young <05288> men, saying <0559>,
Let her glean <03950> even <01571> among the sheaves <06016>,
and reproach <03637> her not:

16 And let fall <07997> also <01571> [some] of the handfuls
<06653> of purpose <07997> for her, and leave < 05800> [them],
that she may glean <03950> [them], and rebuke <01605> her not.

17. So she gleaned <03950> in the field <07704> until <05704>
even <06153>, and beat <02251> out that she had gleaned <03950>:
and it was about an ephah <0374> of barley <08184>.

18 And she took <05375> [it] up, and went <0935> into the city
<05892>: and her mother <02545> in law <02545> saw <07200> what
she had gleaned <03950>: and she brought <03318> forth <03318>,
and gave <05414> to her that she had reserved <03498> after she
was sufficed <07648>.

19 And her mother <02545> in law <02545> said < 0559> unto her,
Where <0645> hast thou gleaned <03950> to day < 03117>? and where
<0375> wroughtest <06213> thou? blessed <01288> be he that did
take knowledge <05234> of thee. And she shewed <05046> her
mother <02545> in law <02545> with whom she had wrought <06213>,
and said <0559>, The man's <0376> name <08034> with whom I
wrought <06213> to day <03117> [is] Boaz <01162> .

20 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto her daughter <03618> in
law <03618>, Blessed <01288> [be] he of the LORD < 03068>, who
<0834> hath not left <05800> off his kindness < 02617> to the
living <02416> and to the dead <04191>. And Naomi < 05281> said
<0559> unto her, The man <0376> [is] near < 07138> of kin unto us,
one of our next kinsmen <01350>.

21 And Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125> said < 0559>, He said
<0559> unto me also, Thou shalt keep <01692> fast by my young
<05288> men, until they have ended <03615> all < 03605> my
harvest <07105>.

22 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto Ruth < 07327> her daughter
<01323> in law <03618>, [It is] good <02896>, my daughter
<01323>, that thou go <03318> out with his maidens <05291>, that
they meet <06293> thee not in any other <0312> field <07704>.

23 So she kept <01692> fast by the maidens <05291> of Boaz
<01162> to glean <03950> unto the end <03615> of barley <08184>
harvest <07105> and of wheat <02406> harvest < 07105>; and dwelt
<03427> with her mother <02545> in law <02545>.

Ruth 3

1. Then Naomi <05281> her mother <02545> in law < 02545> said
<0559> unto her, My daughter <01323>, shall I not seek <01245>
rest <04494> for thee, that it may be well <03190> with thee?

2 And now <06258> [is] not Boaz <01162> of our kindred <04130>,
with whose <0834> maidens <05291> thou wast? Behold <02009>, he
winnoweth <02219> barley <08184> to night < 03915> in the
threshingfloor <01637>.

3 Wash <07364> thyself therefore, and anoint <05480> thee, and
put <07760> thy raiment <08071> upon thee, and get <03381> thee
down <03381> to the floor <01637>: [but] make not thyself known
<03045> unto the man <0376>, until <05704> he shall have done
<03615> eating <0398> and drinking <08354>.

4 And it shall be, when he lieth <07901> down <07901> , that
thou shalt mark <03045> the place <04725> where he shall lie
<07901>, and thou shalt go <0935> in, and uncover < 01540> his
feet <04772>, and lay <07901> thee down <07901>; and he will
tell <05046> thee what thou shalt do <06213>.

5 And she said <0559> unto her, All <03605> that thou sayest
<0559> unto me I will do <06213>.

6. And she went <03381> down <03381> unto the floor <01637>,
and did <06213> according to all <03605> that her mother <02545>
in law <02545> bade <06680> her.

7 And when Boaz <01162> had eaten <0398> and drunk <08354>, and
his heart <03820> was merry <03190>, he went < 0935> to lie
<07901> down <07901> at the end <07097> of the heap <06194> of
corn <06194>: and she came <0935> softly <03909> , and uncovered
<01540> his feet <04772>, and laid <07901> her down <07901>.

8 And it came <01961> to pass at midnight, that the man <0376>
was afraid <02729>, and turned <03943> himself: and, behold
<02009>, a woman <0802> lay <07901> at his feet <04772>.

9 And he said <0559>, Who <04310> [art] thou? And she answered
<0559>, I [am] Ruth <07327> thine handmaid < 0519>: spread
<06566> therefore thy skirt <03671> over <05921> thine handmaid
<0519>; for thou [art] a near kinsman <01350>.

10 And he said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] thou of the LORD
<03068>, my daughter <01323>: [for] thou hast shewed <03190>
more kindness <02617> in the latter <0314> end than <04480> at
the beginning <07223>, inasmuch <01115> as thou followedst not
young <0970> men, whether <0518> poor <01800> or rich <06223>.

11 And now <06258>, my daughter <01323>, fear < 03372> not; I
will do <06213> to thee all <03605> that thou requirest <0559>:
for all <03605> the city <08179> of my people < 05971> doth know
<03045> that thou [art] a virtuous <02428> woman < 0802>.

12 And now <06258> it is true <0551> that I [am thy] near
kinsman <01350>: howbeit there is a kinsman <01350> nearer
<07138> than I.

13 Tarry <03885> this night <03915>, and it shall be in the
morning <01242>, [that] if <0518> he will perform unto thee the
part of a kinsman <01350>, well <02896>; let him do the
kinsman's <01350> part: but if <0518> he will < 02654> not do the
part of a kinsman <01350> to thee, then will I do the part of a
kinsman <01350> to thee, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>:
lie <07901> down <07901> until <05704> the morning <01242>.

14. And she lay <07901> at his feet <04772> until <05704> the
morning <01242>: and she rose <06965> up before < 02958> one
could know <05234> another <07453>. And he said < 0559>, Let it
not be known <03045> that a woman <0802> came < 0935> into the
floor <01637>.

15 Also he said <0559>, Bring <03051> the vail < 04304> that
[thou hast] upon thee, and hold <0270> it. And when she held
<0270> it, he measured <04058> six <08337> [measures] of barley
<08184>, and laid <07896> [it] on <05921> her: and she went
<0935> into the city <05892>.

16 And when she came <0935> to her mother <02545> in law
<02545>, she said <0559>, Who <04310> [art] thou, my daughter
<01323>? And she told <05046> her all <03605> that the man
<0376> had done <06213> to her.

17 And she said <0559>, These <0428> six < 08337> [measures] of
barley <08184> gave <05414> he me; for he said < 0559> to me, Go
<0935> not empty <07387> unto thy mother <02545> in law <02545>.

18 Then said <0559> she, Sit <03427> still, my daughter <01323>,
until thou know <03045> how <05704> the matter < 01697> will
fall <05307>: for the man <0376> will not be in rest <08252>,
until he have finished <03615> the thing <01697> this day
<03117>.

Ruth 4

1. Then went <05927> Boaz <01162> up to the gate < 08179>, and
sat <03427> him down there <08033>: and, behold < 02009>, the
kinsman <01350> of whom <0834> Boaz <01162> spake <01696> came
<05674> by; unto whom he said <0559>, Ho <01945> , such <06423> a
one <0492>! turn <05493> aside, sit <03427> down here <06311>.
And he turned <05493> aside, and sat <03427> down.

2 And he took <03947> ten <06235> men <0582> of the elders
<02205> of the city <05892>, and said <0559>, Sit <03427> ye
down here <06311>. And they sat <03427> down.

3 And he said <0559> unto the kinsman <01350>, Naomi <05281>,
that is come <07725> again <07725> out of the country <07704> of
Moab <04124>, selleth <04376> a parcel <02513> of land <07704>,
which <0834> [was] our brother <0251> Elimelech's < 0458>:

4 And I thought <0559> to advertise thee, saying < 0559>, Buy
<07069> [it] before <05048> the inhabitants < 03427>, and before
<05048> the elders <02205> of my people <05971>. If <0518> thou
wilt redeem <01350> [it], redeem <06299> [it]: but if <0518>
thou wilt not redeem <01350> [it, then] tell <05046> me, that I
may know <03045>: for [there is] none <0369> to redeem <01350>
[it] beside <02108> thee; and I [am] after <0310> thee. And he
said <0559>, I will redeem <01350> [it].

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162>, What day < 03117> thou buyest
<07069> the field <07704> of the hand <03027> of Naomi <05281>,
thou must buy <07069> [it] also of Ruth <07327> the Moabitess
<04125>, the wife <0802> of the dead <04191>, to raise <06965>
up the name <08034> of the dead <04191> upon his inheritance
<05159>.

6 And the kinsman <01350> said <0559>, I cannot redeem <01350>
[it] for myself, lest <06435> I mar <07843> mine own inheritance
<05159>: redeem <01350> thou my right <01353> to thyself; for I
cannot redeem <01350> [it].

7 Now this <02063> [was the manner] in former <06440> time
<06440> in Israel <03478> concerning <05921> redeeming <01353>
and concerning <05921> changing <08545>, for to confirm <06965>
all <03605> things; a man <0376> plucked <08025> off his shoe
<05275>, and gave <05414> [it] to his neighbour < 07453>: and
this <02063> [was] a testimony <08584> in Israel < 03478>.

8 Therefore the kinsman <01350> said <0559> unto Boaz <01162>,
Buy <07069> [it] for thee. So he drew <08025> off his shoe
<05275>.

9. And Boaz <01162> said <0559> unto the elders < 02205>, and
[unto] all <03605> the people <05971>, Ye [are] witnesses
<05707> this day <03117>, that I have bought < 07069> all <03605>
that [was] Elimelech's <0458>, and all <03605> that [was]
Chilion's <03630> and Mahlon's <04248>, of the hand <03027> of
Naomi <05281>.

10 Moreover <01571> Ruth <07327> the Moabitess < 04125>, the
wife <0802> of Mahlon <04248>, have I purchased < 07069> to be my
wife <0802>, to raise <06965> up the name < 08034> of the dead
<04191> upon his inheritance <05159>, that the name <08034> of
the dead <04191> be not cut <03772> off from among <05973> his
brethren <0251>, and from the gate <08179> of his place <04725>:
ye [are] witnesses <05707> this day <03117>.

11 And all <03605> the people <05971> that [were] in the gate
<08179>, and the elders <02205>, said <0559>, [We are] witnesses
<05707>. The LORD <03068> make <05414> the woman <0802> that is
come <0935> into <0413> thine house <01004> like Rachel <07354>
and like Leah <03812>, which <0834> two <08147> did build
<01129> the house <01004> of Israel <03478>: and do <06213> thou
worthily <02428> in Ephratah <0672>, and be famous <08034> in
Bethlehem <01035>:

12 And let thy house <01004> be like the house < 01004> of
Pharez <06557>, whom <0834> Tamar <08559> bare <03205> unto
Judah <03063>, of the seed <02233> which <0834> the LORD <03068>
shall give <05414> thee of this <02063> young < 05291> woman
<05291>.

13. So Boaz <01162> took <03947> Ruth <07327>, and she was his
wife <0802>: and when he went <0935> in unto her, the LORD
<03068> gave <05414> her conception <02032>, and she bare
<03205> a son <01121>.

14 And the women <0802> said <0559> unto Naomi < 05281>, Blessed
<01288> [be] the LORD <03068>, which <0834> hath not left
<07673> thee this day <03117> without a kinsman < 01350>, that
his name <08034> may be famous <07121> in Israel < 03478>.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer <07725> of [thy] life
<05315>, and a nourisher <03557> of thine old < 07872> age
<07872>: for thy daughter <03618> in law <03618> , which <0834>
loveth <0157> thee, which <0834> is better < 02896> to thee than
seven <07651> sons <01121>, hath born <03205> him.

16 And Naomi <05281> took <03947> the child < 03206>, and laid
<07896> it in her bosom <02436>, and became < 01961> nurse <0539>
unto it.

17 And the women her neighbours <07934> gave <07121> it a name
<08034>, saying <0559>, There is a son <01121> born <03205> to
Naomi <05281>; and they called <07121> his name < 08034> Obed
<05744>: he [is] the father <01> of Jesse < 03448>, the father
<01> of David <01732>.

18 Now these <0428> [are] the generations <08435> of Pharez
<06557>: Pharez <06557> begat <03205> Hezron <02696>,

19 And Hezron <02696> begat <03205> Ram <07410> , and Ram
<07410> begat <03205> Amminadab <05992>,

20 And Amminadab <05992> begat <03205> Nahshon < 05177>, and
Nahshon <05177> begat <03205> Salmon <08009>,

21 And Salmon <08012> begat <03205> Boaz < 01162>, and Boaz
<01162> begat <03205> Obed <05744>,

22 And Obed <05744> begat <03205> Jesse <03448> , and Jesse
<03448> begat <03205> David <01732>.

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