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Anda _cectain man of Bethfer | Benvjudas went to 6ojourn in the country of Moab, fe, | ¢ fie wife,¢ Bis two cone. —- Andthename of the man wae Efimefec§, and the | name of Gis wife Naomi, — ¢thenameof His two cone | HaGfon ¢ Chition,ephy — | vathites of Beth fehems | judagh. And they came ins to the country of Moab, and continued there. PndEflimefech Naomi’s | Busbanddicd; andefe — | wae feft, Cher two sone. Andthey took themwives of the women of Hoab; the name of the one wae | Orpaf, and the name of the other Ruth: and they - dwelfcd there about ten | pears. And Pah lon and | CHifion dicd afeo bot§ of — them; ¢ the woman was Left of fer two cone and fer Husband. mi fen che aroce with Ph Ker daughters inlaw, that efe mightreturnfrom the country of Moab: for 6he had heavdtn the couns | try of Moab fowthat the | Lovd had visited fis peo/ | plein giving them bread. Wherefore ohe went forth out of the place where ofe | wae,¢ fer two daughters | in law with Ger; ¢ they . ' : went on the way to return unto the fand of Judah. Ye Maomt aid unto Vix 1 | Bee two daughters in / \faw, Ho, return each to fee mother’s house: the Lord deaf kindly with | pou,as pe favedeaft with the dead,¢ with me.Che | Lordgrantyouthatyemay | find vest, each of pou in the fouse of fer fueband. (Then he kissed them; ¢ | they Ciftedup theirvoice, re rt ne ( Surety wewill return with thee unto thy people, We Maomt 6atd, Turn again, my daughters: why wifl ye go with me? ave there pet anymore éone — inmypwomb,thatthepmap 3 \ | be your fuehande? Cuen again, mp daughters; go pour way; for Samtooold | \to fave an fueband. Sf FI | chould cay, Ihave hope, if HK ould fave an husband Jaleo to night,and 6hould | afeo Bear cons; would ye | tarry for them tiff they | Were grown? would ye |stap for them from favs | ling Busbands? nay, my daughters; for it aviev/ | et§me much for poureakes | that the Band of the Lord { i6 gone out againet me. af nd they ifted up their voice,¢ wept again: and Orpah kissed Ger motheri in Paw; But Ruth ace inn en, al | che 6aid, Behord,thy eteter in faw 16 gone unto her gode: return thou | after thy sister in faw. / ndRutheaid, Intveat (| _me not to feave thee, Jor to vetuen from foow, ‘ing after thee: for whith, et thou gocet, Iwi go;¢ where thou fodacet, Iwifk 1 fodge: thy people 6hall be my people, ¢ thy Hod my Hod: where thou dicet, wif J die, ¢ there wif J be Buried: the Lord d060 to me, and more afeo,if ought But death part thee and ite. 7 te Gen ehe caw that he =i to go with fer ,then ebe feft speaking unto Ger. ~» o they two went untif «> they cameto Beth ler Sa” Back unto fer peopfe,and » wae 6tedfastly minds /<— Hem.Alndit came topage, when they were come to Beth LeGem, that all the city wae moved about them ¢ they said, I6 this Maomi? And che saidunto them, Laff me not Naomt, calf me Hava: for the Aes mighty hath deaft very bitterly with me. J went out full, ¢ the Lord hath Brought me home acgatn empty: why then caflyeme Naomi, cecing the Lord | Rath testified against me, and the Afmighty Gath affticted me? “Yo Naomi returned, ¢ Ruth theHoabitess, Herdaughterin law, with Ber, which returnedoutof the country of Moab: and ‘they came to Beth/leGem ‘inthebeginning ofbarfepy | catduntothereapers, (Che _ Barvest. Lord be with you. And Ly ndMaomifadakines they anewered him, Che | manofGerfusband’s, Lord bless thee. amighty man of wealth, — =feneaid Boasunto fie of thefamifpofEtimefech; \ _ Gervant that was cet and fienamewae Boas. over the reapers, Whoee And Ruth the Hoabitess damect is thie? eaiduntonaomi,Letme _) nd the servant that now ¢o to the fiefd,and =. waeeetoverthe reaps —gfean eave of corn after \eve anewered ¢ 6aid, It GiminwhosesightIeba is the Moabitish damect find grace.And che said that cameback withinas unto fer, Ho, my daughts | omtout of the country of er. Andofewent,c came, |Hoab:cehe said, Iprap and gleaned in the field you, fet me gfeane gather afterthereapers:andher after the reapere among fapwastofightonapart the sheaves: 60 ehe came, _ of the field Befonging uns and hath continued even to Boas,whowasof the from the morning untit kindred of Efimefec§. (now, that 6he tarricd a | nd, Behold, Boas came ‘fittfe in the fouee. iP _ from Bethlehem, ¢ , | ‘Gen 6aid Boas unto | } Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter?Ho not to gfean in another field, neither go from fence, — But abide Gere fast Bymy | maidene:fet thine eyes be _ on the field that they d0 reap, and go thou after them: fave Snot charged | the young men that they | Hall not touch thee? and — when thou art athiret,co unto the veesefs,¢ drink ee of that which the young men fave drawn. mri er ohefeW on Ger face | L and6owed hereeffto | ‘the ground,and6aid unto Bim, WBy fave JF found grace in thine eyes, that thou eboufdest take knows : fedge of me, seeing J am . nd Boas anewered¢ gatd unto fer, It hath ‘fully Been shewed me, al that thou fact done unto thy mother in faw eince the death of thine husband and How thou fast feft thy father and thy mother,¢ the fand of thy nativity, ¢ art come unto a people which thou knewest not Heretofore. (Che Lord rey compenee thy work, and | afull reward be given thee _ of the LovdH0d of Fevaef, under whoce wings thou art come fo truée, PS Gen ehe said, Let [me find favour in thy | eight, my ford; for that / thoufast comforted me, and for that thou fact spoken friendfy unto thine Bandmaid, though FI be notfike unto one of il Handmatdene. nd Boas eatdunto Fer; vel At meal time come | thouGither,andeat of the bread,and dip thy moreel in the vinegar. And 6fe at Beside the reapers: Ge reached Ger parched | corn and 6he did eat, and wae oufficed, and eft. me mowhen 6he wae tigen A uptogfean, Boas coms \manded his poung men, _ eaying Let hergfeanevy en among the 6heaves, ¢ reproach fer not: and fet faff afeo some of the and, fule of purpose for Ber, and feave them, that efe may afean them, and rey buke fer not. ~>o 6he afeaned in the <>) fietd until even, and ee out that efe fad afeaned: and ttwae about “an ephab of Barfey. And he took it up, and went I into the city:@ her mother infaw cawwfhat efe fad gleaned: and 6he brought forth,« gave to fer that 6he ad reserved after ‘ | eh wae cufficed. nd Her mother in aw Hast thougfeanedtoday? Cwherewroughtest thou? Bfeesed be fe that did take knowledge of thee. And he 6hewed fer mother in } faw with whom 6be fad | wrought, and 6aid, The man’s name with whom qe 6aidunto fer, Where || Irovought today ieBoas. nd Maomt 6atd unto Her daughter in law, Wressed be feof the Lord who ath not feft off fie kindness tothe living and || to the dead. And Naomi 6aid unto Ber, Che man is neat ofkinunto us, one of _ our neyt kinemen. ndRuth theHoabitess 6aid, De aid unto me afeo, (Chou shalt keep fact Bymypoungmenuntif they aveendedaffiny harvest. nd Maomt 6atd unto OM Ruth her daughter in Cav, Stisgood,my daugbts ev, that thou co out with fis maidens, that they meet theenotinanyotherfiefo. ey ofe kept fast by the © maidens of Boas to glean unto theend of bars fepGarvest and of wheat Harvest; and dwelt with fer mother in Law. ™ Bent Naomi fermother he in law 6atd unto Ger; Py daughter, chal Inot beck reot for thee, that tt may be welf with thee? And now i¢ not Boas of ourkindred, with whoee maidens thouwact? Bes fold, Ge winnowet§ bars fey tonight in the threehy ing/fioor. Waeh thyseff therefove,canoint thee,@ put thy ratment upon thee; and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyeetf bbb unto the man until Ge 6hallhave done cating anddrinking. Anditeha be; when Be fieth down, _ a _ hat thou shalt mark the place where he ohaltfic, — and thou ehalt goin, and — “uncover Bis feet;and fay thee down; andhewif tell. \ ties what thou ehaftdo. nd 6Ge 6aid unto Ger,. oO} : A that thou eayeet | unto me Swill d0. And ohe wentdownuntothefloor;. did according to aff that fer mother in favo Bade fer. And when Boas had eaten and drunk, and fie — feartwae merry, fewent to Lie down at the end of — the Heap of cornand fe | camesoftfy,@ uncovered - Hiefeet,¢ faid fer down. “py nd it came to pase at A intdnight, that the man wae afraid, and turned \ Bimeeff: and, behold, woman fay at Hie feet. ie feeaid, Who artthou? nd he anewered, Jam | Ruth thinehandinaid: | spre therefore thy ckirt ‘over thine fandmatd; for . thou act anearkineman. § ndhecaid, Bleseedbe in thou ofthe Lord, my ‘daughter: for thou fast ohewed more kindness in ‘the fatter end than at the Beginning, inasmuch ae thou foffowedst not poung ipseden la dae orvich, And now, my daughter, fearnot; I wiffdoto thee -—althat hourequirest:for aff the city of my people ‘dothknowthatthouarta virtuous woman. And ‘nowitistructhatS am thy a. near kineman: fow6beit thercisakinemannearer | measuredety measures of than 4. Carey this night, Rout (3 raid it on fer: ¢ “anditefatBeinthemorns ~ she Went into the city. ing, thatif Ge wilperform nd when 6he came to unto theethepartofakines | O8 fermotherinlawefe man, well, fet Him d0 the /' |eaid, W6Ho art thou, my kineman’e part: but if fe ‘daugbtcr? Aind efe told wiflnot do the part of a Ger aff that the man fad kinemantothee,thenwif — donetofer.Andefecaid, Ido thepartofakineman Cheee ciy measures of to thee, ae the Lord fivs | barley gave fe me;for fe eth: fie down until the aid to meso not empty Nl morning, ‘unto thy mother in Law. j Bnd he fayat hie feet uns | Then caid che, Dit otiff, PA tifthemorning:¢ehe my daughter, until thou My || tose up Before one could — know How the matter wif know another. And fe | ‘fat: for the manwiff not caid, Letitnotbeknown | Ge in rest, until fe fave | that a woman came into | “finis6ed the thinathieday. the floor. Afeo fe said, Hen went Boas up to | Bring the vail that thou \u/ i the gate; and eat fim ‘fast upon thee; ¢ Hold it. dow down there:¢ behold, the | ano wen 6fe feo tt, he kineman of whom Boas en IN ( epakecameby;untowhom Beside thee; «Sam after Ge eaid; Ho, euch aone! _ thee. turn aside, eit down Bere. d He 6aid, I will ve/ | And fe turned aside ¢ eat Teen it. _ downAndfetookten men. laa Hen 6atd Boas, what of the cfdere of the city,¢ Ha dap thou Buyest the aid, Dit ye down Gere. — fieloofthehandofMaomi, x) And they sat down. | thou must Buy it afeo of ndfeeatduntothekines Ruth the Hoabitess,the Eman, Naomt, that ie | wife of the dead, to raise comeagainoutofthecouns up the name of the dead trpofHoab,ceffethapary upon fis inferitance. cefof Cand, which was our 5 nd the kineman6aid, I brother Efimefech’s:¢ I Jb catinot redeem it for : < ae on thoughttoadvertisethee, | myself, fest J mar mine saying, Buyitbeforethe owninGeritance: redeem inhabitants, ¢beforethe thoumy right to thyeeff; _efdere of my peopfe. Sf (I forS cannot redcem it. thou witt redeem it, ter 0 owthie was the mans deen tt: But if thou wift J ’ nev in former time tn notredcenyit then teme, Sevacf concerning redcem/ that J may know: for — ing ¢ concerning chang — thercisnonetoredeemit ing, for to confiem aff nan things;amanpluckedoff Hisbrethren, andfromthe fis choe,c gave it to fie gate of fie place: pe are neighbour: and this wae | witnesses thie day. a testimony in Feracf. — — nda the people that (Therefore the kineman were in thegate,¢the said unto Boas, Buy it | efders,eaid, We ave wit/ for thee. Do fe dvew off nesses. The Lord make i6 6foe. the woman that te come bl nd Boaz caiduntothe — intothineHousefike Rach, I efdoere,@untoalthe efclikeLeah ,whichtwo people, Pe ave witness did Buifdthe House of Io, 6e6 thie day, that Shave vacl:andd0thouworthi; Bought a thatwaseti: fyinEphratafh,and be fas mefech’s,c¢ af that was mousin Beth fehem:c let Chifione@ Mahlowe,of thefousebelikethehouse the fandofNaomi.Hores of Whares, whom Tamar over Ruth theHoabitess, Gare unto Judas; of the thewifeofPahfon, fave seedwhich theLordeha Ipurcheaedtobemywife, give thee of this poung toraiseupthenameofthe oman. dead upon His inferitance o Boas took Ruth, ¢ that thenameofthedcad AX) 6hewashiowife:and Be not cutoff fromamong “| when Bewent inunto§er, tion; and 6he Bare acon. And thewomensaidunto Maomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hathnottefe thee this day without a hinoman, that fie name map6efamousin Sovact. Aind feehall be unto theea ee of thy fife, anda nourisherof thineofdage: for thy daugBter in fav, which foveth thee, which iebetterto thee thaneev- \ Jen 1 6on6, Hath Born him. y nd Maomt took the | js emipinely it tn fer ( Bosom, «& Became nuree untoit.And the womene Ber neighbors gave it a namne,eaying Chere is a 601 Born toNaomti;¢ they — caffed fie name Obed: Ge | | theLovdgave fer concep/ is the father of Sece,the } father of David. i" EN = ew theee arethe gens pI), _/ evations of Phares: Bares begat SHesron,@ | Hesron begat Ram, and RambeqatAmminada, | and Amminadab6 beaat | Nahehon,and Nahehon begat DSafinon,«¢ Salmon | begat Boas; and Boas - Begat ©6ed,¢ Obed bez gat ZS leeee, and Seoce bes “gat David. . 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