⁹ “Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer^[a](B) of our family.”

¹⁰ “The Lord bless you,^(C) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:^(D) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. ¹¹ And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.^{(E) 12} Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,^(F) there is another who is more closely related than^(G) I. ¹³ Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,^(H) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives^(I) I will do it.^(J) Lie here until morning.”

¹⁴ So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.^(K)”^(L)

Naomi Gains a Son

¹³ So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,^(A) and she gave birth to a son.^(B)