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Ruth 1

1. Now it came <1961> to pass in the days <3117> when the
judges <8199> ruled <8199>, that there was a famine <7458> in
the land <0776>. And a certain man <0376> of Bethlehemjudah
<1035> went <3212> to sojourn <1481> in the country <7704> of
Moab <4124>, he, and his wife <0802>, and his two < 8147> sons
<1121>.

2 And the name <8034> of the man <0376> [was] Elimelech <0458>,
and the name <8034> of his wife <0802> Naomi < 5281>, and the
name <8034> of his two <8147> sons <1121> Mahlon <4248> and
Chilion <3630>, Ephrathites <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <1035>. And
they came <0935> into the country <7704> of Moab < 4124>, and
continued <1961> there <8033>.

3 And Elimelech <0458> Naomi's <5281> husband < 0376> died
<4191>; and she was left <7604>, and her two < 8147> sons <1121>.

4 And they took <5375> them wives <0802> of the women <0802> of
Moab <4125>; the name <8034> of the one <0259> [was] Orpah
<6204>, and the name <8034> of the other <8145> Ruth <7327>: and
they dwelled <3427> there <8033> about ten < 6235> years <8141>.

5 And Mahlon <4248> and Chilion <3630> died < 4191> also <1571>
both <8147> of them; and the woman <0802> was left <7604> of her
two <8147> sons <3206> and her husband <0376>.

6. Then she arose <6965> with her daughters <3618> in law
<3618>, that she might return <7725> from the country <7704> of
Moab <4124>: for she had heard <8085> in the country <7704> of
Moab <4124> how that the LORD <3068> had visited < 6485> his
people <5971> in giving <5414> them bread <3899> .

7 Wherefore she went <3318> forth <3318> out of the place
<4725> where she was, and her two <8147> daughters <3618> in law
<3618> with her; and they went <3212> on the way < 1870> to
return <7725> unto the land <0776> of Judah < 3063>.

8 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto her two < 8147> daughters
<3618> in law <3618>, Go <3212>, return < 7725> each <0802> to
her mother's <0517> house <1004>: the LORD < 3068> deal <6213>
kindly <2617> with you, as ye have dealt <6213> with the dead
<4191>, and with me.

9 The LORD <3068> grant <5414> you that ye may find <4672> rest
<4496>, each <0802> [of you] in the house <1004> of her husband
<0376>. Then she kissed <5401> them; and they lifted <5375> up
their voice <6963>, and wept <1058>.

10 And they said <0559> unto her, Surely <3588> we will return
<7725> with thee unto thy people <5971>.

11 And Naomi <5281> said <0559>, Turn <7725> again <7725>, my
daughters <1121>: why <4100> will ye go <3212> with me? [are]
there yet <5750> [any more] sons <1121> in my womb <4578>, that
they may be your husbands <0582>?

12 Turn <7725> again <7725>, my daughters < 1121>, go <3212>
[your way <1870>]; for I am too old <2204> to have an husband
<0376>. If <3588> I should say <0559>, I have hope <8615>, [if
<3588>] I should have an husband <0376> also to night <3915>,
and should also <1571> bear <3205> sons <1121>;

13 Would ye tarry <7663> for them till <5704> they were grown
<1431>? would ye stay <5702> for them from having husbands
<0376>? nay <0408>, my daughters <1121>; for it grieveth <4843>
me much <3966> for your sakes that the hand <3027> of the LORD
<0113> is gone <3318> out against me.

14 And they lifted <5375> up their voice <6963>, and wept
<1058> again <5750>: and Orpah <6204> kissed <5401> her mother
<2545> in law <2545>; but Ruth <7327> clave < 1692> unto her.

15 And she said <0559>, Behold <2009>, thy sister <2994> in law
<2994> is gone <7725> back <7725> unto her people <5971>, and
unto her gods <0430>: return <7725> thou after < 0310> thy sister
<2994> in law <2994>.

16 And Ruth <7327> said <0559>, Intreat <6293> me not to leave
<5800> thee, [or] to return <7725> from following after <0310>
thee: for whither thou goest <3212>, I will go <3212>; and where
<0834> thou lodgest <3885>, I will lodge <3885>: thy people
<5971> [shall be] my people <5971>, and thy God < 0430> my God
<0430>:

17 Where <0834> thou diest <4191>, will I die < 4191>, and there
<8033> will I be buried <6912>: the LORD <3068> do <6213> so
<3541> to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, [if <3588> ought] but
death <4194> part <6504> thee and me.

18 When she saw <7200> that she was stedfastly <0553> minded to
go <3212> with her, then she left <2308> speaking < 1696> unto
her.

19. So they two <8147> went <3212> until <5704> they came
<0935> to Bethlehem <1035>. And it came <1961> to pass, when
they were come <0935> to Bethlehem <1035>, that all <3605> the
city <5892> was moved <1949> about <5921> them, and they said
<0559>, [Is] this <2063> Naomi <5281>?

20 And she said <0559> unto them, Call <7121> me not Naomi
<5281>, call <7121> me Mara <4755>: for the Almighty <7706> hath
dealt very <3966> bitterly <4843> with me.

21 I went <1980> out full <4390>, and the LORD < 3068> hath
brought <7725> me home <7725> again <7725> empty <7387>: why
<4100> [then] call <7121> ye me Naomi <5281>, seeing the LORD
<3068> hath testified <6030> against me, and the Almighty <7706>
hath afflicted <7489> me?

22 So Naomi <5281> returned <7725>, and Ruth < 7327> the
Moabitess <4125>, her daughter <3618> in law < 3618>, with her,
which returned <7725> out of the country <7704> of Moab <4124>:
and they came <0935> to Bethlehem <1035> in the beginning <8462>
of barley <8184> harvest <7105>.

Ruth 2

1. And Naomi <5281> had a kinsman <3045> of her husband's
<0376>, a mighty <1368> man <0376> of wealth <2428>, of the
family <4940> of Elimelech <0458>; and his name < 8034> [was]
Boaz <1162>.

2 And Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125> said < 0559> unto Naomi
<5281>, Let me now <4994> go <3212> to the field <7704>, and
glean <3950> ears <7641> of corn after <0310> [him] in whose
<0834> sight <5869> I shall find <4672> grace <2580>. And she
said <0559> unto her, Go <3212>, my daughter < 1323>.

3 And she went <3212>, and came <0935>, and gleaned <3950> in
the field <7704> after <0310> the reapers <7114> : and her hap
<4745> was to light <7136> on a part <2513> of the field <7704>
[belonging] unto Boaz <1162>, who <0834> [was] of the kindred
<4940> of Elimelech <0458>.

4. And, behold <2009>, Boaz <1162> came <0935> from Bethlehem
<1035>, and said <0559> unto the reapers <7114>, The LORD <3068>
[be] with you. And they answered <0559> him, The LORD < 3068>
bless <1288> thee.

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162> unto his servant < 5288> that was
set <5324> over <5921> the reapers <7114>, Whose <4310> damsel
<5291> [is] this <2063>?

6 And the servant <5288> that was set <5324> over <5921> the
reapers <7114> answered <6030> and said <0559>, It [is] the
Moabitish <4125> damsel <5291> that came <7725> back <7725> with
Naomi <5281> out of the country <7704> of Moab < 4124>:

7 And she said <0559>, I pray <4994> you, let me glean <3950>
and gather <0622> after <0310> the reapers < 7114> among <0996>
the sheaves <6016>: so she came <0935>, and hath continued
<5975> even <0227> from the morning <1242> until <5704> now
<6258>, that she tarried <3427> a little <4592> in the house
<1004>.

8 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162> unto Ruth <7327> , Hearest <8085>
thou not, my daughter <1323>? Go <3212> not to glean <3950> in
another <0312> field <7704>, neither go <5674> from hence <2088>,
but abide <1692> here <3541> fast by my maidens < 5291>:

9 [Let] thine eyes <5869> [be] on the field <7704> that they do
reap <7114>, and go <1980> thou after <0310> them: have I not
charged <6680> the young <5288> men that they shall not touch
<5060> thee? and when thou art athirst <6770>, go < 1980> unto
the vessels <3627>, and drink <8354> of [that] which <0834> the
young <5288> men have drawn <7579>.

10 Then she fell <5307> on <5921> her face < 6440>, and bowed
<7812> herself to the ground <0776>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Why <4069> have I found <4672> grace <2580> in thine eyes <5869>,
that thou shouldest take knowledge <5234> of me, seeing I [am]
a stranger <5237>?

11 And Boaz <1162> answered <6030> and said < 0559> unto her, It
hath fully <5046> been shewed <5046> me, all < 3605> that thou
hast done <6213> unto thy mother <2545> in law < 2545> since
<0310> the death <4194> of thine husband <0376>: and [how] thou
hast left <5800> thy father <1> and thy mother < 0517>, and the
land <0776> of thy nativity <4138>, and art come < 1980> unto a
people <5971> which <0834> thou knewest <3045> not heretofore
<8543>.

12 The LORD <3068> recompense <7999> thy work < 6467>, and a
full <8003> reward <4909> be given thee of the LORD <3068> God
<0430> of Israel <3478>, under <8478> whose < 0834> wings <3671>
thou art come <0935> to trust <2620>.

13 Then she said <0559>, Let me find <4672> favour <2580> in
thy sight <5869>, my lord <3068>; for that thou hast comforted
<5162> me, and for that thou hast spoken <1696> friendly <3820>
unto thine handmaid <8198>, though I be not like unto one <0259>
of thine handmaidens <8198>.

14 And Boaz <1162> said <0559> unto her, At mealtime come
<5060> thou hither <1988>, and eat <0398> of the bread <3899>,
and dip <2881> thy morsel <6595> in the vinegar < 2558>. And she
sat <3427> beside <6654> the reapers <7114>: and he reached
<6642> her parched <7039> [corn], and she did eat < 0398>, and
was sufficed <7646>, and left <3498>.

15 And when she was risen <6965> up to glean <3950>, Boaz
<1162> commanded <6680> his young <5288> men, saying <0559>, Let
her glean <3950> even <1571> among the sheaves < 6016>, and
reproach <3637> her not:

16 And let fall <7997> also <1571> [some] of the handfuls
<6653> of purpose <7997> for her, and leave < 5800> [them], that
she may glean <3950> [them], and rebuke <1605> her not.

17. So she gleaned <3950> in the field <7704> until <5704> even
<6153>, and beat <2251> out that she had gleaned < 3950>: and it
was about an ephah <0374> of barley <8184>.

18 And she took <5375> [it] up, and went <0935> into the city
<5892>: and her mother <2545> in law <2545> saw <7200> what she
had gleaned <3950>: and she brought <3318> forth < 3318>, and
gave <5414> to her that she had reserved <3498> after she was
sufficed <7648>.

19 And her mother <2545> in law <2545> said < 0559> unto her,
Where <0645> hast thou gleaned <3950> to day < 3117>? and where
<0375> wroughtest <6213> thou? blessed <1288> be he that did
take knowledge <5234> of thee. And she shewed <5046> her mother
<2545> in law <2545> with whom she had wrought < 6213>, and said
<0559>, The man's <0376> name <8034> with whom I wrought <6213>
to day <3117> [is] Boaz <1162>.

20 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto her daughter <3618> in law
<3618>, Blessed <1288> [be] he of the LORD < 3068>, who <0834>
hath not left <5800> off his kindness <2617> to the living
<2416> and to the dead <4191>. And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto
her, The man <0376> [is] near <7138> of kin unto us, one of our
next kinsmen <1350>.

21 And Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125> said < 0559>, He said
<0559> unto me also, Thou shalt keep <1692> fast by my young
<5288> men, until they have ended <3615> all < 3605> my harvest
<7105>.

22 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto Ruth < 7327> her daughter
<1323> in law <3618>, [It is] good <2896>, my daughter <1323>,
that thou go <3318> out with his maidens <5291>, that they meet
<6293> thee not in any other <0312> field <7704> .

23 So she kept <1692> fast by the maidens <5291> of Boaz <1162>
to glean <3950> unto the end <3615> of barley < 8184> harvest
<7105> and of wheat <2406> harvest <7105>; and dwelt <3427> with
her mother <2545> in law <2545>.

Ruth 3

1. Then Naomi <5281> her mother <2545> in law < 2545> said
<0559> unto her, My daughter <1323>, shall I not seek <1245>
rest <4494> for thee, that it may be well <3190> with thee?

2 And now <6258> [is] not Boaz <1162> of our kindred <4130>,
with whose <0834> maidens <5291> thou wast? Behold <2009>, he
winnoweth <2219> barley <8184> to night <3915> in the
threshingfloor <1637>.

3 Wash <7364> thyself therefore, and anoint <5480> thee, and
put <7760> thy raiment <8071> upon thee, and get < 3381> thee
down <3381> to the floor <1637>: [but] make not thyself known
<3045> unto the man <0376>, until <5704> he shall have done
<3615> eating <0398> and drinking <8354>.

4 And it shall be, when he lieth <7901> down <7901>, that thou
shalt mark <3045> the place <4725> where he shall lie <7901>,
and thou shalt go <0935> in, and uncover <1540> his feet <4772>,
and lay <7901> thee down <7901>; and he will tell < 5046> thee
what thou shalt do <6213>.

5 And she said <0559> unto her, All <3605> that thou sayest
<0559> unto me I will do <6213>.

6. And she went <3381> down <3381> unto the floor <1637>, and
did <6213> according to all <3605> that her mother <2545> in law
<2545> bade <6680> her.

7 And when Boaz <1162> had eaten <0398> and drunk <8354>, and
his heart <3820> was merry <3190>, he went < 0935> to lie <7901>
down <7901> at the end <7097> of the heap <6194> of corn <6194>:
and she came <0935> softly <3909>, and uncovered < 1540> his feet
<4772>, and laid <7901> her down <7901>.

8 And it came <1961> to pass at midnight, that the man < 0376>
was afraid <2729>, and turned <3943> himself: and, behold <2009>,
a woman <0802> lay <7901> at his feet <4772>.

9 And he said <0559>, Who <4310> [art] thou? And she answered
<0559>, I [am] Ruth <7327> thine handmaid <0519> : spread <6566>
therefore thy skirt <3671> over <5921> thine handmaid <0519>;
for thou [art] a near kinsman <1350>.

10 And he said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] thou of the LORD
<3068>, my daughter <1323>: [for] thou hast shewed <3190> more
kindness <2617> in the latter <0314> end than < 4480> at the
beginning <7223>, inasmuch <1115> as thou followedst not young
<0970> men, whether <0518> poor <1800> or rich <6223>.

11 And now <6258>, my daughter <1323>, fear < 3372> not; I will
do <6213> to thee all <3605> that thou requirest < 0559>: for all
<3605> the city <8179> of my people <5971> doth know <3045> that
thou [art] a virtuous <2428> woman <0802>.

12 And now <6258> it is true <0551> that I [am thy] near
kinsman <1350>: howbeit there is a kinsman <1350> nearer <7138>
than I.

13 Tarry <3885> this night <3915>, and it shall be in the
morning <1242>, [that] if <0518> he will perform unto thee the
part of a kinsman <1350>, well <2896>; let him do the kinsman's
<1350> part: but if <0518> he will <2654> not do the part of a
kinsman <1350> to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman
<1350> to thee, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth < 2416>: lie <7901>
down <7901> until <5704> the morning <1242>.

14. And she lay <7901> at his feet <4772> until < 5704> the
morning <1242>: and she rose <6965> up before < 2958> one could
know <5234> another <7453>. And he said <0559>, Let it not be
known <3045> that a woman <0802> came <0935> into the floor
<1637>.

15 Also he said <0559>, Bring <3051> the vail < 4304> that [thou
hast] upon thee, and hold <0270> it. And when she held < 0270> it,
he measured <4058> six <8337> [measures] of barley <8184>, and
laid <7896> [it] on <5921> her: and she went < 0935> into the
city <5892>.

16 And when she came <0935> to her mother <2545> in law <2545>,
she said <0559>, Who <4310> [art] thou, my daughter <1323>? And
she told <5046> her all <3605> that the man < 0376> had done
<6213> to her.

17 And she said <0559>, These <0428> six <8337> [measures] of
barley <8184> gave <5414> he me; for he said < 0559> to me, Go
<0935> not empty <7387> unto thy mother <2545> in law <2545>.

18 Then said <0559> she, Sit <3427> still, my daughter <1323>,
until thou know <3045> how <5704> the matter < 1697> will fall
<5307>: for the man <0376> will not be in rest < 8252>, until he
have finished <3615> the thing <1697> this day < 3117>.

Ruth 4

1. Then went <5927> Boaz <1162> up to the gate < 8179>, and sat
<3427> him down there <8033>: and, behold <2009> , the kinsman
<1350> of whom <0834> Boaz <1162> spake < 1696> came <5674> by;
unto whom he said <0559>, Ho <1945>, such <6423> a one <0492>!
turn <5493> aside, sit <3427> down here <6311>. And he turned
<5493> aside, and sat <3427> down.

2 And he took <3947> ten <6235> men <0582> of the elders <2205>
of the city <5892>, and said <0559>, Sit <3427> ye down here
<6311>. And they sat <3427> down.

3 And he said <0559> unto the kinsman <1350>, Naomi <5281>,
that is come <7725> again <7725> out of the country <7704> of
Moab <4124>, selleth <4376> a parcel <2513> of land <7704>,
which <0834> [was] our brother <0251> Elimelech's < 0458>:

4 And I thought <0559> to advertise thee, saying < 0559>, Buy
<7069> [it] before <5048> the inhabitants <3427> , and before
<5048> the elders <2205> of my people <5971>. If <0518> thou
wilt redeem <1350> [it], redeem <6299> [it]: but if <0518> thou
wilt not redeem <1350> [it, then] tell <5046> me, that I may
know <3045>: for [there is] none <0369> to redeem < 1350> [it]
beside <2108> thee; and I [am] after <0310> thee. And he said
<0559>, I will redeem <1350> [it].

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162>, What day <3117> thou buyest
<7069> the field <7704> of the hand <3027> of Naomi <5281>, thou
must buy <7069> [it] also of Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125>,
the wife <0802> of the dead <4191>, to raise < 6965> up the name
<8034> of the dead <4191> upon his inheritance < 5159>.

6 And the kinsman <1350> said <0559>, I cannot redeem <1350>
[it] for myself, lest <6435> I mar <7843> mine own inheritance
<5159>: redeem <1350> thou my right <1353> to thyself; for I
cannot redeem <1350> [it].

7 Now this <2063> [was the manner] in former <6440> time <6440>
in Israel <3478> concerning <5921> redeeming < 1353> and
concerning <5921> changing <8545>, for to confirm < 6965> all
<3605> things; a man <0376> plucked <8025> off his shoe <5275>,
and gave <5414> [it] to his neighbour <7453>: and this <2063>
[was] a testimony <8584> in Israel <3478>.

8 Therefore the kinsman <1350> said <0559> unto Boaz <1162>,
Buy <7069> [it] for thee. So he drew <8025> off his shoe <5275>.

9. And Boaz <1162> said <0559> unto the elders < 2205>, and
[unto] all <3605> the people <5971>, Ye [are] witnesses <5707>
this day <3117>, that I have bought <7069> all < 3605> that [was]
Elimelech's <0458>, and all <3605> that [was] Chilion's <3630>
and Mahlon's <4248>, of the hand <3027> of Naomi < 5281>.

10 Moreover <1571> Ruth <7327> the Moabitess < 4125>, the wife
<0802> of Mahlon <4248>, have I purchased <7069> to be my wife
<0802>, to raise <6965> up the name <8034> of the dead <4191>
upon his inheritance <5159>, that the name <8034> of the dead
<4191> be not cut <3772> off from among <5973> his brethren
<0251>, and from the gate <8179> of his place < 4725>: ye [are]
witnesses <5707> this day <3117>.

11 And all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] in the gate
<8179>, and the elders <2205>, said <0559>, [We are] witnesses
<5707>. The LORD <3068> make <5414> the woman <0802> that is
come <0935> into <0413> thine house <1004> like Rachel <7354>
and like Leah <3812>, which <0834> two <8147> did build <1129>
the house <1004> of Israel <3478>: and do <6213> thou worthily
<2428> in Ephratah <0672>, and be famous <8034> in Bethlehem
<1035>:

12 And let thy house <1004> be like the house <1004> of Pharez
<6557>, whom <0834> Tamar <8559> bare < 3205> unto Judah <3063>,
of the seed <2233> which <0834> the LORD <3068> shall give
<5414> thee of this <2063> young <5291> woman <5291>.

13. So Boaz <1162> took <3947> Ruth <7327>, and she was his
wife <0802>: and when he went <0935> in unto her, the LORD
<3068> gave <5414> her conception <2032>, and she bare <3205> a
son <1121>.

14 And the women <0802> said <0559> unto Naomi < 5281>, Blessed
<1288> [be] the LORD <3068>, which <0834> hath not left <7673>
thee this day <3117> without a kinsman <1350>, that his name
<8034> may be famous <7121> in Israel <3478>.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer <7725> of [thy] life
<5315>, and a nourisher <3557> of thine old < 7872> age <7872>:
for thy daughter <3618> in law <3618>, which < 0834> loveth
<0157> thee, which <0834> is better <2896> to thee than seven
<7651> sons <1121>, hath born <3205> him.

16 And Naomi <5281> took <3947> the child < 3206>, and laid
<7896> it in her bosom <2436>, and became <1961> nurse <0539>
unto it.

17 And the women her neighbours <7934> gave <7121> it a name
<8034>, saying <0559>, There is a son <1121> born <3205> to
Naomi <5281>; and they called <7121> his name < 8034> Obed <5744>:
he [is] the father <1> of Jesse <3448>, the father <1> of David
<1732>.

18 Now these <0428> [are] the generations <8435> of Pharez
<6557>: Pharez <6557> begat <3205> Hezron < 2696>,

19 And Hezron <2696> begat <3205> Ram <7410>, and Ram <7410>
begat <3205> Amminadab <5992>,

20 And Amminadab <5992> begat <3205> Nahshon < 5177>, and
Nahshon <5177> begat <3205> Salmon <8009>,

21 And Salmon <8012> begat <3205> Boaz <1162>, and Boaz <1162>
begat <3205> Obed <5744>,

22 And Obed <5744> begat <3205> Jesse <3448>, and Jesse <3448>
begat <3205> David <1732>.

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