1. Naomi her mother-in-law said to her “My daughter, should I not be seeking a resting place for you, so it may go well for you?
2. Now, is Boaz, with whose female workers you have been, not our relative? Look, he will be winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
3. So bathe and perfume yourself, put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
4. Let it be that when he lies down and you know the place where he lies down, go uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.”
5. Ruth answered her, “I will do everything you say.”
6. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had said.
7. After Boaz ate, drank, and was in a good mood, he went to lie down at the far side of the grain pile. So she came to the grain pile quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
8. Now in the middle of the night, the man was startled and pulled back—and to his surprise, a woman was lying at his feet!
9. “Who are you?” he asked. “I am Ruth, your handmaid,” she answered. “Spread the corner of your garment over your handmaid, for you are a goel.”
10. “May you be blessed by Adonai, my daughter!” he replied. “You have made the latter act of loyalty greater than the first, by not running after the young men, whether rich or poor.