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Summary
Boaz gives Ruth protection

Ruth 2:7-2:13

2:7. She desired leave to glean the ears of corn that remain, following the steps of the reapers: and she has been in the field from morning till now, and has not gone home for one moment.

2:8. Boaz said to Ruth, “Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my maids,

'''2:9. and follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest you: and if you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink.”'''

2:10. She fell on her face, and worshipping upon the ground, said to him, “Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before your eyes, and that you should vouchsafe to take notice of me, a woman of another country?”

2:11. He answered her, “All has been told me, what you have done to your mother-in-law after the death of your husband: and how you have left your parents, and the land wherein you were born, and have come to a people which you know not heretofore.

2:12. The Lord render unto you for your work, and may you receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you have come, and under whose wings you have fled.”

2:13. She said, “I have found grace in your eyes, my lord, who has comforted me, and has spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who am not like to one of your maids.