⁹ He said, “Who are you?”

She said, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread out the skirt of your robe^[a] over your servant, for you are a family redeemer.”

¹⁰ Then he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter! You have made your last act of kindness better than the first by not going to look for a young man, whether poor or rich. ¹¹ So now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do everything that you are asking. Indeed, all the people at the city gate^[b] know that you are an honorable woman.