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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.”

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.

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

“May the Lord bless you!” they replied.

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And Ruth the Moabite(A) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(B) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(C)

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

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(F)

“The Lord bless you!(G)” they answered.

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