8. Midway through the night, the man gave a start and groped about, only to find a woman lying at his feet.
9. “Who are you?” he asked. She replied, “I am your servant Ruth. Spread the wing of your cloak over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”
10. He said, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter! You have been even more loyal now than before in not going after the young men, whether poor or rich.
11. Now rest assured, my daughter, I will do for you whatever you say; all my townspeople know you to be a worthy woman.
12. Now, I am in fact a redeemer, but there is another redeemer closer than I.
13. Stay where you are for tonight, and tomorrow, if he will act as redeemer for you, good. But if he will not, as the Lord lives, I will do it myself. Lie there until morning.”
14. So she lay at his feet until morning, but rose before anyone could recognize another, for Boaz had said, “Let it not be known that this woman came to the threshing floor.”
15. Then he said to her, “Take off the shawl you are wearing; hold it firmly.” When she did so, he poured out six measures of barley and helped her lift the bundle; then he himself left for the town.
16. She, meanwhile, went home to her mother-in-law, who asked, “How did things go, my daughter?” So she told her all the man had done for her,
17. and concluded, “He gave me these six measures of barley and said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty.’”
18. Naomi then said, “Wait here, my daughter, until you learn what happens, for the man will not rest, but will settle the matter today.”