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<title>Ruth</title>
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Book 08<th>    Ruth</table><hr size=10><table><tr><td valign=top>

001:001 <td>Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that
        there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of
        Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and
        his wife, and his two sons. <tr><td valign=top>

001:002<td>And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his
        wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion,
        Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country
        of Moab, and continued there. <tr><td valign=top>

001:003<td>And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her
        two sons. <tr><td valign=top>

001:004<td>And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the
        one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they
        dwelled there about ten years. <tr><td valign=top>

001:005<td>And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman
        was left of her two sons and her husband. <tr><td valign=top>

001:006<td>Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might
        return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the
        country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in
        giving them bread. <tr><td valign=top>

001:007<td>Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and
        her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to
        return unto the land of Judah. <tr><td valign=top>

001:008<td>And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each
        to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye
        have dealt with the dead, and with me. <tr><td valign=top>

001:009<td>The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the
        house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up
        their voice, and wept. <tr><td valign=top>

001:010<td>And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto
        thy people. <tr><td valign=top>

001:011<td>And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with
        me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be
        your husbands? <tr><td valign=top>

001:012<td>Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to
        have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should
        have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; <tr><td valign=top>

001:013<td>Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay
        for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it
        grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is
        gone out against me. <tr><td valign=top>

001:014<td>And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah
        kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. <tr><td valign=top>

001:015<td>And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
        people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in
        law. <tr><td valign=top>

001:016<td>And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
        following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and
        where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my
        people, and thy God my God: <tr><td valign=top>

001:017<td>Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the
        LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee
        and me. <tr><td valign=top>

001:018<td>When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
        then she left speaking unto her. <tr><td valign=top>

001:019<td>So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to
        pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was
        moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? <tr><td valign=top>

001:020<td>And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for
        the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. <tr><td valign=top>

001:021<td>I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty:
        why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified
        against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? <tr><td valign=top>

001:022<td>So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in
        law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and
        they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. <tr><td valign=top>

</table><hr><table><td valign=top>002:001 <td>And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of
        wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. <tr><td valign=top>

002:002<td>And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the
        field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall
        find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. <tr><td valign=top>

002:003<td>And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the
        reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field
        belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. <tr><td valign=top>

002:004<td>And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
        reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD
        bless thee. <tr><td valign=top>

002:005<td>Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
        Whose damsel is this? <tr><td valign=top>

002:006<td>And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and
        said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out
        of the country of Moab: <tr><td valign=top>

002:007<td>And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the
        reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued
        even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in
        the house. <tr><td valign=top>

002:008<td>Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go
        not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but
        abide here fast by my maidens: <tr><td valign=top>

002:009<td>Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou
        after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall
        not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the
        vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. <tr><td valign=top>

002:010<td>Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
        and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that
        thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? <tr><td valign=top>

002:011<td>And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed
        me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the
        death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and
        thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a
        people which thou knewest not heretofore. <tr><td valign=top>

002:012<td>The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee
        of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
        trust. <tr><td valign=top>

002:013<td>Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for
        that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken
        friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of
        thine handmaidens. <tr><td valign=top>

002:014<td>And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat
        of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat
        beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she
        did eat, and was sufficed, and left. <tr><td valign=top>

002:015<td>And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young
        men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
        reproach her not: <tr><td valign=top>

002:016<td>And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and
        leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. <tr><td valign=top>

002:017<td>So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she