And Ruth the Moabitess said, “He said unto me also, ’Thou shalt keep fast by my young men until they have ended all my harvest.’”

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.”

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheat-harvest, and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?  And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?  Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.  Wash thyself, therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.  And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie; and thou shalt go in and uncover his feet and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.”

And Ruth said unto her, “All that thou sayest unto me I will do.”  And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn.  And she came softly and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and behold! a woman lay at his feet.  And he said, “Who art thou?”

And she answered, “I am Ruth, thine handmaid.  Spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.”

And he said, “Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter; for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than in the beginning; inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.  And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest; for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.  And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman; howbeit, there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part; but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth.  Lie down until the morning.”

And she lay at his feet until the morning.  And she rose up before one could know another.

And he said, “Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.”  Also he said, “Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee and hold it.”

And when she held it he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her.

And she went into the city, and when she came to her mother-in-law she said, “Who art thou, my daughter?”

And she told her all that the man had done to her; and she said, “These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, ’Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.’”