Ruth 2:2-4

International Standard Version

² Ruth the Moabite told Naomi, “Please allow me to go out to the fields and glean grain behind anyone who shows me kindness.”

So Naomi replied, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

³ So she went out, proceeded to the field, and gleaned behind the harvesters. And it happened that she came to the portion of land belonging to Boaz, of the family of Elimelech.

⁴ Now when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he told the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.”

“May the Lord bless you!” they replied.