1. One day, Naomi said to Ruth:It's time I found you a husband, who will give you a home and take care of you.
2. You have been picking up grain beside the women who work for Boaz, and you know he is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be threshing the grain.
3. Now take a bath and put on some perfume, then dress in your best clothes. Go where he is working, but don't let him see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
4. Watch where he goes to spend the night, then when he is asleep, lift the cover and lie down at his feet. He will tell you what to do.
5. Ruth answered, “I'll do whatever you say.”
6. She went out to the place where Boaz was working and did what Naomi had told her.
7. After Boaz finished eating and drinking and was feeling happy, he went over and fell asleep near the pile of grain. Ruth slipped over quietly. She lifted the cover and lay down near his feet.
8. In the middle of the night, Boaz suddenly woke up and was shocked to see a woman lying at his feet.
9. “Who are you?” he asked.“Sir, I am Ruth,” she answered, “and you are the relative who is supposed to take care of me. So spread the edge of your cover over me.”
10. Boaz replied:The Lord bless you! This shows how truly loyal you are to your family. You could have looked for a younger man, either rich or poor, but you didn't.