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So she went out to the threshing floor and did precisely what her mother-in-law had advised.

Ruth’s Meeting with Boaz

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking to his heart’s content, he went over and lay down next to the pile of threshed grain. Ruth[a] came in quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. In the middle of the night, Boaz[b] was startled awake and turned over in surprise to see a woman lying at his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:7 Lit. She
  2. Ruth 3:8 Lit. the man