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And they came into the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), and continued there.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.2"},{"verseId":8001003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Elimelech](/person/elimelech_1134) [Naomi’s](/person/naomi_2147) husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.3"},{"verseId":8001004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And they took them wives of the women of [Moab](/person/moab_2103); the name of the one _was_ [Orpah](/person/orpah_2257), and the name of the other [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450): and they dwelled there about ten years.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.4"},{"verseId":8001005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Mahlon](/person/mahlon_1897) and [Chilion](/person/chilion_940) died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.5"},{"verseId":8001006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815): for she had heard in the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) how that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had visited his people in giving them bread.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.6"},{"verseId":8001007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"Ruth.1.7"},{"verseId":8001008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.8"},{"verseId":8001009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) grant you that ye may find rest, each _of_ _you_ in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.9"},{"verseId":8001010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.10"},{"verseId":8001011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? _are_ there yet _any_ _more_ sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?","osisRef":"Ruth.1.11"},{"verseId":8001012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Turn again, my daughters, go _your_ _way_; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, _if_ I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;","osisRef":"Ruth.1.12"},{"verseId":8001013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) is gone out against me.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.13"},{"verseId":8001014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and [Orpah](/person/orpah_2257) kissed her mother in law; but [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) clave unto her.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.14"},{"verseId":8001015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.15"},{"verseId":8001016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) said, Intreat me not to leave thee, _or_ to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people _shall_ _be_ my people, and thy [God](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324):","osisRef":"Ruth.1.16"},{"verseId":8001017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) do so to me, and more also, _if_ _ought_ but death part thee and me.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.17"},{"verseId":8001018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.18"},{"verseId":8001019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"So they two went until they came to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218). And it came to pass, when they were come to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218), that all the city was moved about them, and they said, _Is_ this [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147)?","osisRef":"Ruth.1.19"},{"verseId":8001020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And she said unto them, Call me not [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), call me [Mara](/person/naomi_2147): for the [Almighty](/person/god_1324) hath dealt very bitterly with me.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.20"},{"verseId":8001021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"I went out full, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath brought me home again empty: why _then_ call ye me [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), seeing the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath testified against me, and the [Almighty](/person/god_1324) hath afflicted me?","osisRef":"Ruth.1.21"},{"verseId":8001022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"So [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) returned, and [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) the [Moabitess](/person/moab_2103), her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815): and they came to [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218) in the beginning of barley harvest.","osisRef":"Ruth.1.22"}]},{"title":"Ruth 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"Ruth.2","verses":[{"verseId":8002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of [Elimelech](/person/elimelech_1134); and his name _was_ [Boaz](/person/boaz_519).","osisRef":"Ruth.2.1"},{"verseId":8002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) the Moabitess said unto [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after _him_ in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.2"},{"verseId":8002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field _belonging_ unto [Boaz](/person/boaz_519), who _was_ of the kindred of [Elimelech](/person/elimelech_1134).","osisRef":"Ruth.2.3"},{"verseId":8002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And, behold, [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) came from [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218), and said unto the reapers, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) _be_ with you. And they answered him, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) bless thee.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.4"},{"verseId":8002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then said [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel _is_ this?","osisRef":"Ruth.2.5"},{"verseId":8002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It _is_ the [[Moabitish](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815) damsel that came back with [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) out of the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815):","osisRef":"Ruth.2.6"},{"verseId":8002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.7"},{"verseId":8002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then said [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) unto [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450), Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:","osisRef":"Ruth.2.8"},{"verseId":8002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"_Let_ thine eyes _be_ on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of _that_ which the young men have drawn.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.9"},{"verseId":8002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I _am_ a stranger?","osisRef":"Ruth.2.10"},{"verseId":8002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and _how_ thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.11"},{"verseId":8002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.12"},{"verseId":8002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.13"},{"verseId":8002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched _corn_, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.14"},{"verseId":8002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And when she was risen up to glean, [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:","osisRef":"Ruth.2.15"},{"verseId":8002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And let fall also _some_ of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave _them_, that she may glean _them_, and rebuke her not.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.16"},{"verseId":8002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.17"},{"verseId":8002018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And she took _it_ up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.18"},{"verseId":8002019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day _is_ [Boaz](/person/boaz_519).","osisRef":"Ruth.2.19"},{"verseId":8002020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) said unto her daughter in law, Blessed _be_ he of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) said unto her, The man _is_ near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.20"},{"verseId":8002021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.21"},{"verseId":8002022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) said unto [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) her daughter in law, _It_ _is_ good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.22"},{"verseId":8002023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"So she kept fast by the maidens of [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.","osisRef":"Ruth.2.23"}]},{"title":"Ruth 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"Ruth.3","verses":[{"verseId":8003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?","osisRef":"Ruth.3.1"},{"verseId":8003002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And now _is_ not [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.2"},{"verseId":8003003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: _but_ make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.3"},{"verseId":8003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.4"},{"verseId":8003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.5"},{"verseId":8003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.6"},{"verseId":8003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.7"},{"verseId":8003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.8"},{"verseId":8003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he said, Who _art_ thou? And she answered, I _am_ [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou _art_ a near kinsman.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.9"},{"verseId":8003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And he said, Blessed _be_ thou of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), my daughter: _for_ thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.10"},{"verseId":8003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou _art_ a virtuous woman.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.11"},{"verseId":8003012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And now it is true that I _am_ _thy_ near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.12"},{"verseId":8003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, _that_ if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, _as_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth: lie down until the morning.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.13"},{"verseId":8003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.14"},{"verseId":8003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Also he said, Bring the vail that _thou_ _hast_ upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six _measures_ of barley, and laid _it_ on her: and she went into the city.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.15"},{"verseId":8003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who _art_ thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.16"},{"verseId":8003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And she said, These six _measures_ of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.17"},{"verseId":8003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.","osisRef":"Ruth.3.18"}]},{"title":"Ruth 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"Ruth.4","verses":[{"verseId":8004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then went [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.1"},{"verseId":8004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.2"},{"verseId":8004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he said unto the kinsman, [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), that is come again out of the country of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), selleth a parcel of land, which _was_ our brother [Elimelech’s](/person/elimelech_1134):","osisRef":"Ruth.4.3"},{"verseId":8004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy _it_ before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem _it_, redeem _it_: but if thou wilt not redeem _it_, _then_ tell me, that I may know: for _there_ _is_ none to redeem _it_ beside thee; and I _am_ after thee. And he said, I will redeem _it_.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.4"},{"verseId":8004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then said [Boaz](/person/boaz_519), What day thou buyest the field of the hand of [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), thou must buy _it_ also of [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.5"},{"verseId":8004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem _it_ for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem _it_.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.6"},{"verseId":8004007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now this _was_ _the_ _manner_ in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave _it_ to his neighbour: and this _was_ a testimony in Israel.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.7"},{"verseId":8004008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Therefore the kinsman said unto [Boaz](/person/boaz_519), Buy _it_ for thee. So he drew off his shoe.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.8"},{"verseId":8004009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) said unto the elders, and _unto_ all the people, Ye _are_ witnesses this day, that I have bought all that _was_ [Elimelech’s](/person/elimelech_1134), and all that _was_ [Chilion’s](/person/chilion_940) and [Mahlon’s](/person/mahlon_1897), of the hand of [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147).","osisRef":"Ruth.4.9"},{"verseId":8004010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Moreover [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450) the Moabitess, the wife of [Mahlon](/person/mahlon_1897), have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye _are_ witnesses this day.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.10"},{"verseId":8004011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And all the people that _were_ in the gate, and the elders, said, _We_ _are_ witnesses. The [LORD](/person/god_1324) make the woman that is come into thine house like [Rachel](/person/rachel_2386) and like [Leah](/person/leah_1813), which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in [Ephratah](/place/ephrathah_404), and be famous in [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218):","osisRef":"Ruth.4.11"},{"verseId":8004012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And let thy house be like the house of [Pharez](/person/pharez_2338), whom [Tamar](/person/tamar_2821) bare unto [Judah](/person/judah_1751), of the seed which the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall give thee of this young woman.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.12"},{"verseId":8004013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"So [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) took [Ruth](/person/ruth_2450), and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) gave her conception, and she bare a son.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.13"},{"verseId":8004014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the women said unto [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147), Blessed _be_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.14"},{"verseId":8004015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he shall be unto thee a restorer of _thy_ life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.15"},{"verseId":8004016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147) took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.","osisRef":"Ruth.4.16"},{"verseId":8004017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to [Naomi](/person/naomi_2147); and they called his name [Obed](/person/obed_2228): he _is_ the father of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), the father of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"Ruth.4.17"},{"verseId":8004018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Now these _are_ the generations of [Pharez](/person/pharez_2338): [Pharez](/person/pharez_2338) begat [Hezron](/person/hezron_1520),","osisRef":"Ruth.4.18"},{"verseId":8004019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Hezron](/person/hezron_1520) begat [Ram](/person/ram_2391), and [Ram](/person/ram_2391) begat [Amminadab](/person/amminadab_228),","osisRef":"Ruth.4.19"},{"verseId":8004020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Amminadab](/person/amminadab_228) begat [Nahshon](/person/nahshon_2144), and [Nahshon](/person/nahshon_2144) begat [Salmon](/person/salmon_2463),","osisRef":"Ruth.4.20"},{"verseId":8004021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Salmon](/person/salmon_2463) begat [Boaz](/person/boaz_519), and [Boaz](/person/boaz_519) begat [Obed](/person/obed_2228),","osisRef":"Ruth.4.21"},{"verseId":8004022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Obed](/person/obed_2228) begat [Jesse](/person/jesse_903), and [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) begat [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"Ruth.4.22"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"ruth"}}}