⁷ When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,^(A) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.^(B) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

⁹ “Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer^[a](B) of our family.”

¹⁴ So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.^(A)”^(B)