Ruth 3

1 And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek for you a resting place, that it may be well with you?

2 And is not Boaz our relative, whose young women you were with? Behold, he is winnowing on the threshing floor of barley tonight.

3 And you shall wash, and you shall anoint yourself, and you shall put your garments on you, and you shall go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking.

4 And it shall come to pass, when he lies down, that you shall know the place where he lies down, and you shall go in and you shall uncover his feet and lie down, and he—he will tell you what you shall do.”

5 And she said to her, “All that you say to me, I will do.”

6 And she went down to the threshing floor, and she did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.

7 And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was good, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap. And she came in secrecy and uncovered his feet and lay down.

8 And it came to pass in the middle of the night that the man trembled and turned himself, and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

9 And he said, “Who [are] you?” And she said, “I [am] Ruth your maidservant. And you shall spread your wing over your maidservant, for you [are] a kinsman-redeemer.”

10 And he said, “Blessed [are] you to YHWH, my daughter. For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after the young men, whether poor or rich.

11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say, I will do for you, for all the gate of my people knows that you [are] a woman of virtue.

12 And now it is true that I [am] a kinsman-redeemer, But also there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I.

13 Lodge the night, and it shall be in the morning [that] if he does redeem you, good; let him redeem. And if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you myself, [as] YHWH lives. Lie down until the morning.”

14 And she lay at his feet until the morning, and she arose before a man could recognize his companion. And he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

15 And he said, “Give the cloak that [is] on you, and hold it.” And she held it, and he measured six [measures] of barley and laid [it] on her, and he went into the city.

16 And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, “Who [are] you, my daughter?” And she told her all that the man had done for her.

17 And she said, “These six [measures] of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go in empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”

18 And she said, “Sit, my daughter, until that you know how the matter will fall. For the man will not rest until that he finishes the matter today.”