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19 Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you [a]work? May he who (A)took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had [b]worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “(B)May he be blessed of Yahweh who has not forsaken his lovingkindness to the living and to the dead.” Then Naomi said to her, “The man is [c]our relative; he is one of our kinsman redeemers.” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[d]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should [e]stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”

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  1. Ruth 2:19 Lit do, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
  2. Ruth 2:19 Lit done, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
  3. Ruth 2:20 Lit near to us
  4. Ruth 2:21 Lit Also that
  5. Ruth 2:21 Lit cling, cf. 1:14; 2:8

19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(A)

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20 “The Lord bless him!(B)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(C) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(D) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(E) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](F)

21 Then Ruth the Moabite(G) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”

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  1. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).

19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who (A)took notice of you.”

So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (B)“Blessed be he of the Lord, who (C)has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” And Naomi said to her, “This man is a relation of ours, (D)one of [a]our close relatives.”

21 Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also said to me, ‘You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’ ”

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  1. Ruth 2:20 our redeemers, Heb. goalenu