Then Boaz said to his servant who was [a]in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” And the servant [b]in charge of the reapers replied, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:5 Lit appointed over
  2. Ruth 2:6 Lit who was appointed over

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(A) who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(B) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(C) in the shelter.”

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