13 Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken [a]kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”

14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “[b]Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied (A)and had some left. 15 When she got up to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not [c]insult her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:13 Lit to the heart of your
  2. Ruth 2:14 Lit Come near here
  3. Ruth 2:15 Or harm

13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(A) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(B) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters,(C) he offered her some roasted grain.(D) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(E) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(F) and don’t reprimand her.

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