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Ruth 2:1-3
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Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field

2 Now Naomi had [a]a relative of her husband, a [b]man of great wealth, of the family of (A)Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and (B)glean among the ears of grain following one in whose eyes I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she left and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and [c]she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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  1. Ruth 2:1 Another reading is an acquaintance
  2. Ruth 2:1 Or mighty, valiant man
  3. Ruth 2:3 Lit her chance chanced upon
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Ruth 2:1-3
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Ruth Meets Boaz

2 Now[a] Naomi had a relative of her husband,[b] a prominent rich man[c] from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after someone in whose eyes I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field belonging to[d] Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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  1. Ruth 2:1 Literally “and for”
  2. Ruth 2:1 Literally “was an acquaintance of a man of her husband”
  3. Ruth 2:1 Literally “a man mighty of wealth”
  4. Ruth 2:3 Literally “was for”
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Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

2 Now Naomi had a relative(A) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(B) from the clan of Elimelek,(C) whose name was Boaz.(D)

2 And Ruth the Moabite(E) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(F) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(G)”

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(H) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(I)

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