18 ¶ And she took it up, and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gathered: Also she [a]took forth, and gave to her that which she had reserved, when she was sufficed.

19 Then her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he, that knew thee. And she showed her mother-in-law, with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought today, is Boaz.

20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord: for he ceaseth not to do good to the living and to the [b]dead. Again Naomi said unto her, The man is near unto us, and of our affinity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:18 To wit, of her bag, as is in the Chaldea text.
  2. Ruth 2:20 To my husband and children, when they were alive, and now to us.

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