Ruth 3:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸ At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and there, lying at his feet, was a woman! ⁹ He said, ‘Who are you?’ And she answered, ‘I am Ruth, your servant; spread your cloak over your servant, for you are next-of-kin.’^{[a] 10} He said, ‘May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; this last instance of your loyalty is better than the first; you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.