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After Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was happy, he went to lie down at the edge of the grain pile. Then Ruth came up to him quietly, and she uncovered his legs and lay down there. In the middle of the night, the man was startled[a] and turned over, and there was a woman lying on his legs![b]

He said, “Who are you?”

She said, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread out the skirt of your robe[c] over your servant, for you are a family redeemer.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:8 Or shivered
  2. Ruth 3:8 Or by his legs
  3. Ruth 3:9 Or, with an alternate Hebrew reading, spread out your wings