Ruth 2:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ She said, ‘Please let me follow the ·workers cutting grain [reapers; harvesters] and ·gather what they leave behind [^Lglean among the sheaves/bundles].’ She came and has remained here, from morning until just now. She ·has stopped only a few moments [or just now stopped for a moment] to rest in the ·shelter [hut; house].”

⁸ Then Boaz said to Ruth, “·Listen [^LHave you not heard…?], my daughter. Don’t go to ·gather grain for yourself [glean] in another field. Don’t even leave this field at all, but ·continue following closely behind [stay close to; cling to] my ·women workers [servant girls; young women]. ⁹ Watch to see into which fields ·they [the men reaping; ^Cthe Hebrew pronoun is masculine] go to ·cut grain [reap] and follow ·them [the women gathering; ^Cthe Hebrew pronoun is feminine]. I ·have warned [or will warn] the young men not to ·bother [harass; touch] you. When you are thirsty, you may go and drink from the water jugs that the young men have ·filled [^Ldrawn (from the well)].”