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Ruth 2 Summary
Ruth gleans in Boaz's field
Naomi has a kinsman named Boaz, a mighty man of wealth. Ruth asks to glean in the fields, and her lot falls upon Boaz's field. Boaz asks his servant about her and learns she is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi and has worked since morning without rest. He grants her protection, tells her to drink from his servants' vessels, and secretly instructs his men to leave extra grain for her. Ruth gleans until evening, gathering about an ephah of barley. When Naomi learns Ruth worked for Boaz, she recognizes he is a near kinsman and expresses confidence in his kindness.
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Ruth 2:1
“And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.”
Ruth 2:3
“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.”
Ruth 2:11
“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.”
Ruth 2:20
“And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.”
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