So he asked, “Who are you?”

“I am Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Take me under your wing,[a](A) for you are a family redeemer.”(B)

10 Then he said, “May the Lord bless you,(C) my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,[b] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say,[c] since all the people in my town[d] know that you are a woman of noble character.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:9 Or “Spread the edge of your garment; lit “Spread the wing of your garment; Ru 2:12
  2. 3:10 Lit kindness at the last than at the first
  3. 3:11 Some Hb mss, Orig, Syr, Tg, Vg read say to me
  4. 3:11 Lit all the gate of my people

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