Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter.[a] Don’t go and gather grain in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants. See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you?[b] When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

10 She bowed with her face to the ground(A) and said to him, “Why are you so kind to notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:8 Lit Haven’t you heard, my daughter?
  2. Ruth 2:9 Either sexual or physical harassment

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(A) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(B)—a foreigner?(C)

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