13 “My lord,” she said, “you have been so kind to me, for you have comforted and encouraged[a] your slave, although I am not like one of your female servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz told her, “Come over here and have some bread and dip it in the vinegar sauce.” So she sat beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain. She ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her even gather grain among the bundles, and don’t humiliate her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:13 Lit and spoken to the heart of

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