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Ruth 2:1-2
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Ruth Meets Boaz

2 Now Naomi had a relative[a] of her husband, a wealthy, generous[b] man from the clan of Elimelek. His name was Boaz.

2 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “I am going to go out to the fields, so that I can glean[c] ears of grain wherever I may find favor in the eyes of the owner.” Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:1 Or acquaintance
  2. Ruth 2:1 The same Hebrew expression includes the meanings wealthy and generous.
  3. Ruth 2:2 Gleaning was a custom that allowed poor people to follow the harvesters and to pick up any grain that had been missed or had been dropped by the harvesters. See Deuteronomy 24:19.
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