16. And let fall some handfuls for her on purpose and let them lie there for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.
17. So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned. It was about an ephah of barley.
18. And she took it up and went into the town; she showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned, and she also brought forth and gave her the food she had reserved after she was satisfied.
19. And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you. So [Ruth] told [her], The name of him with whom I worked today is Boaz.
20. And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord who has not ceased his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is a near relative of ours, one who has the right to redeem us. [Lev. 25:25.]
21. And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, Stay close to my young men until they have harvested my entire crop.