¹⁰ “The Lord bless you,^(A) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:^(B) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. ¹¹ And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.^{(C) 12} Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,^(D) there is another who is more closely related than^(E) I. ¹³ Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,^(F) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives^(G) I will do it.^(H) Lie here until morning.”