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1. And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?
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1. Then Naomi H5281 her mother H2545 -in-law said H559 unto her , My daughter H1323 , shall I not H3808 seek H1245 rest H4494 for thee, that H834 it may be well H3190 with thee?
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2. and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,
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2. And now H6258 is not H3808 Boaz H1162 of our kindred H4130 , with H854 whose H834 maidens H5291 thou wast H1961 ? Behold H2009 , he H1931 winnoweth H2219 barley H8184 tonight H3915 in H853 the threshingfloor H1637 .
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3. and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;
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3. Wash H7364 thyself therefore , and anoint H5480 thee , and put H7760 thy raiment H8071 upon H5921 thee , and get thee down H3381 to the floor H1637 : but make not thyself known H3045 H408 unto the man H376 , until H5704 he shall have done H3615 eating H398 and drinking H8354 .
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4. and it cometh to pass when he lieth down, that thou hast known the place where he lieth down, and hast gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down, -- and he doth declare to thee that which thou dost do.`
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4. And it shall be H1961 , when he lieth down H7901 , that thou shalt mark H3045 H853 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 he shall lie H7901 , and thou shalt go in H935 , and uncover H1540 his feet H4772 , and lay thee down H7901 ; and he H1931 will tell H5046 thee H853 what H834 thou shalt do H6213 .
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5. And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest -- I do.`
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5. And she said H559 unto H413 her, All H3605 that H834 thou sayest H559 unto H413 me I will do H6213 .
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6. And she goeth down to the threshing-floor, and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her
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6. And she went down H3381 unto the floor H1637 , and did H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 her mother H2545 -in-law bade H6680 her.
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7. And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.
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7. And when Boaz H1162 had eaten H398 and drunk H8354 , and his heart H3820 was merry H3190 , he went H935 to lie down H7901 at the end H7097 of the heap of corn H6194 : and she came H935 softly H3909 , and uncovered H1540 his feet H4772 , and laid her down H7901 .
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8. And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.
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8. And it came to pass H1961 at midnight H2677 H3915 , that the man H376 was afraid H2729 , and turned himself H3943 : and, behold H2009 , a woman H802 lay H7901 at his feet H4772 .
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9. And he saith, `Who art thou?` and she saith, `I am Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art a redeemer.`
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9. And he said H559 , Who H4310 art thou H859 ? And she answered H559 , I H595 am Ruth H7327 thine handmaid H519 : spread H6566 therefore thy skirt H3671 over H5921 thine handmaid H519 ; for H3588 thou H859 art a near kinsman H1350 .
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10. And he saith, `Blessed art thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning -- not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.
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10. And he said H559 , Blessed H1288 be thou H859 of the LORD H3068 , my daughter H1323 : for thou hast showed more H3190 kindness H2617 in the latter end H314 than H4480 at the beginning H7223 , inasmuch as thou followedst H1980 H310 not H1115 young men H970 , whether H518 poor H1800 or H518 rich H6223 .
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11. And now, my daughter, fear not, all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
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11. And now H6258 , my daughter H1323 , fear H3372 not H408 ; I will do H6213 to thee all H3605 that H834 thou requirest H559 : for H3588 all H3605 the city H8179 of my people H5971 doth know H3045 that H3588 thou art a virtuous H2428 woman H802 .
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12. And now, surely, true, that I am a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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12. And now H6258 H3588 it is true H551 that H3588 H518 I H595 am thy near kinsman H1350 : howbeit H1571 there is H3426 a kinsman H1350 nearer H7138 than H4480 I.
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13. Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee -- I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.`
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13. Tarry H3885 this night H3915 , and it shall be H1961 in the morning H1242 , that if H518 he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman H1350 , well H2896 ; let him do the kinsman's part H1350 : but if H518 he will H2654 not H3808 do the part of a kinsman H1350 to thee , then will I H595 do the part of a kinsman H1350 to thee, as the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 : lie down H7901 until H5704 the morning H1242 .
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14. And she lieth down at his feet till the morning, and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, `Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor.`
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14. And she lay H7901 at his feet H4772 until H5704 the morning H1242 : and she rose up H6965 before H2958 one H376 could know H5234 H853 another H7453 . And he said H559 , Let it not H408 be known H3045 that H3588 a woman H802 came H935 into the floor H1637 .
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15. And he saith, `Give the covering which is on thee, and keep hold on it;` and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six measures of barley, and layeth it on her; and he goeth into the city.
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15. Also he said H559 , Bring H3051 the veil H4304 that H834 thou hast upon H5921 thee , and hold H270 it . And when she held H270 it , he measured H4058 six H8337 measures of barley H8184 , and laid H7896 it on H5921 her : and she went into H935 the city H5892 .
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16. And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who art thou, my daughter?` and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her.
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16. And when she came H935 to H413 her mother H2545 -in-law , she said H559 , Who H4310 art thou H859 , my daughter H1323 ? And she told H5046 her H853 all H3605 that H834 the man H376 had done H6213 to her.
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17. And she saith, `These six measures of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.`
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17. And she said H559 , These H428 six H8337 measures of barley H8184 gave H5414 he me; for H3588 he said H559 to H413 me, Go H935 not H408 empty H7387 unto H413 thy mother H2545 -in-law.
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18. And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.`
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18. Then said H559 she , Sit still H3427 , my daughter H1323 , until H5704 H834 thou know H3045 how H349 the matter H1697 will fall H5307 : for H3588 the man H376 will not H3808 be in rest H8252 , until H3588 H518 he have finished H3615 the thing H1697 this day H3117 .
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