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In the middle of the night, the man was startled[a] and turned over, and there was a woman lying on his legs![b]

He said, “Who are you?”

She said, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread out the skirt of your robe[c] over your servant, for you are a family redeemer.”

10 Then he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter! You have made your last act of kindness better than the first by not going to look for a young man, whether poor or rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:8 Or shivered
  2. Ruth 3:8 Or by his legs
  3. Ruth 3:9 Or, with an alternate Hebrew reading, spread out your wings