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18 And she picked it up and went to the town. Her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. And she took it out and gave to her what she had left over after being satisfied.[a] 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today[b] and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked[c] and said, “The name of the man who I worked with today is Boaz.” 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, whose loyal love has not forsaken the living or the dead.” And Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative for us, he is one of our redeemers.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:18 Literally “from her satiety”
  2. Ruth 2:19 Literally “the day”
  3. Ruth 2:19 Literally “who she had worked with him”