Ruth 3
1AND Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek a rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2Now is not Boaz our relation, with whose girls thou hast been? Behold he is winnowing barley in the threshing floor.
3This very night therefore thou shalt wash, and anoint thyself, and put on thy raiment, and go up to the threshing floor. But make not thyself known to the man till he hath done eating and drinking.
4And when he goeth to rest, mark the place where he lieth down, and go and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5And Ruth said to her, All that thou hast ordered me I will do.
6So she went up to the threshing floor, and did all that her mother-in-law commanded her.
7And when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was cheered, he went and lay down at the side of a heap of corn. Then she went in softly and uncovered his feet.
8And in the middle of the night the man was astonished, and troubled, for lo! a woman was lying at his feet.
9And he said, Who art thou? And she said, I am Ruth thy handmaid; therefore spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art near a kinsman.
10And Boaz said, Blessed art thou of the Lord God, my daughter; for thou hast shewn more kindness in this last act than in the former, in not going after young men either poor or rich.
11Now therefore, my daughter, be not afraid, I will do for thee all thou hast said; for all the tribe of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman.
12Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I.
13Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning, that if he perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well: let him do so. But if he decline to perform to thee the part of a kinsman, I myself will do the kinsman’s part for thee, as the Lord liveth. Go to sleep till the morning.
14So she lay at his feet till the morning, and arose before one could know another. And Boaz said, Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.
15Then he said to her, Bring the sash which is girt about thee. So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her, and went to the city.
16And Ruth went to her mother-in-law. And her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter! And when Ruth had told her all that the man had done to her;
17and said to her, He gave me also these six measures of barley; for said he to me, Thou must not go empty to thy mother-in-law;
18she said, Sit still my daughter till thou know the issue of this matter; for the man will not rest till the affair is now brought to a conclusion.