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BOAZ REDEEMS RUTH
And Noomiy her mother in law says to her, My daughter, seek I not rest for you, to well-please you? 2 And now, is not Boaz of our kin, with whose lasses you were? Behold, he winnows barley in the threshingfloor tonight. 3 And you, baptise and anoint yourself and set your clothes upon you and descend to the threshingfloor; and that the man not know you until he finishes eating and drinking: 4 and so be it, when he lies down, that you know the place where he lies; and you go in and expose his feet and lie down; and he tells you what to work. 5 And she says to her, I work all you say to me. 6 - and she descends to the threshingfloor and works according to all her mother in law misvahs her. 7 And Boaz eats and drinks and well-pleases his heart, and he goes and lies down at the end of the heaps; and she comes undercover and exposes his feet and lies down. 8 And so be it, at midnight, the man trembles and clasps; and behold, a woman lies at his feet: 9 and he says, Who are you? And she says, I am Ruth your maid; you have spread your wing over your maid; for you are a redeemer. 10 And he says, Blessed - you of Yah Veh, my daughter; for you well-please more mercy in the latter end than at the beginning by not going after youths whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, awe not; I work to you all that you say; for all the portal of my people know you are a virtuous woman. 12 And now truly I am a redeemer; however there is a redeemer nearer than I. 13 Stay overnight; and so be it, in the morning, if he redeems you, good; he redeems you; but if he delights not to redeem you, then as Yah Veh lives, I redeem you; lie down until the morning. 14 - and she lies at his feet until the morning; and she rises ere man recognizes friend. And he says, Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshingfloor. 15 And he says, Give the cloak upon you, and hold it. - and she holds it, and he measures six barley and places it on her; and she goes to the city. 16 And she comes to her mother in law, and she says, Who are you, my daughter? - and she tells her all the man worked to her. 17 And she says, He gave me these six barley; for he says to me, Go not empty to your mother in law. 18 Then she says, Settle, my daughter, until you know how the word falls; for the man rests not until he finishes the word this day.
BOAZ REDEEMS RUTH
And Noomiy her mother in law says to her, My daughter, seek I not rest for you, to well-please you? 2 And now, is not Boaz of our kin, with whose lasses you were? Behold, he winnows barley in the threshingfloor tonight. 3 And you, baptise and anoint yourself and set your clothes upon you and descend to the threshingfloor; and that the man not know you until he finishes eating and drinking: 4 and so be it, when he lies down, that you know the place where he lies; and you go in and expose his feet and lie down; and he tells you what to work. 5 And she says to her, I work all you say to me. 6 - and she descends to the threshingfloor and works according to all her mother in law misvahs her. 7 And Boaz eats and drinks and well-pleases his heart, and he goes and lies down at the end of the heaps; and she comes undercover and exposes his feet and lies down. 8 And so be it, at midnight, the man trembles and clasps; and behold, a woman lies at his feet: 9 and he says, Who are you? And she says, I am Ruth your maid; you have spread your wing over your maid; for you are a redeemer. 10 And he says, Blessed - you of Yah Veh, my daughter; for you well-please more mercy in the latter end than at the beginning by not going after youths whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, awe not; I work to you all that you say; for all the portal of my people know you are a virtuous woman. 12 And now truly I am a redeemer; however there is a redeemer nearer than I. 13 Stay overnight; and so be it, in the morning, if he redeems you, good; he redeems you; but if he delights not to redeem you, then as Yah Veh lives, I redeem you; lie down until the morning. 14 - and she lies at his feet until the morning; and she rises ere man recognizes friend. And he says, Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshingfloor. 15 And he says, Give the cloak upon you, and hold it. - and she holds it, and he measures six barley and places it on her; and she goes to the city. 16 And she comes to her mother in law, and she says, Who are you, my daughter? - and she tells her all the man worked to her. 17 And she says, He gave me these six barley; for he says to me, Go not empty to your mother in law. 18 Then she says, Settle, my daughter, until you know how the word falls; for the man rests not until he finishes the word this day.