\id RUT - The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version 
\h Ruth 
\toc1 The Book of Ruth 
\toc2 Ruth 
\toc3 Ruth 
\mt1 THE BOOK OF RUTH.  
\c 1  
\m
\v 1 \sc Now\sc* it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a \add certain\add* man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.  
\v 2 And the name of the man \add was\add* Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came \add into\add* the country of Moab, and continued there.  
\v 3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.  
\v 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one \add was\add* Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.  
\v 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.   
\p
\v 6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the \sc Lord\sc* had visited his people in giving them bread.  
\v 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.  
\v 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the \sc Lord\sc* deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.  
\v 9 The \sc Lord\sc* grant you that you may find rest, each \add of you in\add* the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lift up their voice, and wept.  
\v 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.  
\v 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? \add are there\add* yet \add any more\add* sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?  
\v 12 Turn again, my daughters, go \add your way;\add* for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, \add if\add* I should have a husband also to night, and should also bear sons;  
\v 13 would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the \sc Lord\sc* is gone out against me.  
\v 14 And they lift up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.  
\v 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.  
\v 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, \add or\add* to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people \add shall be\add* my people, and thy God my God:  
\v 17 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the \sc Lord\sc* do so to me, and more also, \add if ought\add* but death part thee and me.  
\v 18 When she saw that she \add was\add* stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.   
\p
\v 19 So they two went until they came \add to\add* Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come \add to\add* Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, \add Is\add* this Naomi?  
\v 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.  
\v 21 I went out full, and the \sc Lord\sc* hath brought me \add home\add* again empty: why \add then\add* call ye me Naomi, seeing the \sc Lord\sc* hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?  
\v 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came \add to\add* Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name \add was\add* Boaz.  
\v 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go \add to\add* the field, and glean ears of corn after \add him\add* in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.  
\v 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field \add belonging\add* unto Boaz, who \add was\add* of the kindred of Elimelech.  
\v 4 And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The \sc Lord\sc* \add be\add* with you. And they answered him, The \sc Lord\sc* bless thee.  
\v 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel \add is\add* this?  
\v 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It \add is\add* the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:  
\v 7 and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers amongst the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.   
\p
\v 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:  
\v 9 \add let\add* thine eyes \add be\add* on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that \add they\add* shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of \add that\add* which the young men have drawn.  
\v 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that \add thou\add* shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I \add am\add* a stranger?  
\v 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and \add how\add* thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.  
\v 12 The \sc Lord\sc* recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the \sc Lord\sc* God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.  
\v 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens.  
\v 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched \add corn\add*, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.  
\v 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:  
\v 16 and let fall also \add some\add* of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave \add them\add*, that she may glean \add them\add*, and rebuke her not.  
\v 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.  
\v 18 And she took \add it\add* up, and went \add into\add* the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.  
\v 19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day \add is\add* Boaz.  
\v 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed \add be\add* he of the \sc Lord\sc*, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man \add is\add* near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.  
\v 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.  
\v 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, \add It is\add* good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in \add any\add* other field.  
\v 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?  
\v 2 And now \add is\add* not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.  
\v 3 Wash \add thyself\add* therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down \add to\add* the floor: \add but\add* make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.  
\v 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.  
\v 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.  
\v 6 And she went down \add unto\add* the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.  
\v 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap \add of corn:\add* and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.  
\v 8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay \add at\add* his feet.  
\v 9 And he said, Who \add art\add* thou? And she answered, I \add am\add* Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou \add art\add* a near kinsman.  
\v 10 And he said, Blessed \add be\add* thou of the \sc Lord\sc*, my daughter: \add for\add* thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as \add thou\add* followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.  
\v 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou \add art\add* a virtuous woman.  
\v 12 And now it is true that I \add am thy\add* near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.  
\v 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, \add that\add* if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, \add as\add* the \sc Lord\sc* liveth: lie down until the morning.  
\v 14 And she lay \add at\add* his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came \add into\add* the floor.  
\v 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that \add thou hast\add* upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six \add measures\add* of barley, and laid \add it\add* on her: and he went \add into\add* the city.  
\v 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who \add art\add* thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.  
\v 17 And she said, These six \add measures\add* of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.  
\v 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing \add this\add* day.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 Then went Boaz up \add to\add* the gate, and sat him down there: and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, \add Ho,\add* such a one, turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.  
\v 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.  
\v 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which \add was\add* our brother Elimelech’s:  
\v 4 and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy \add it\add* before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem \add it\add*, redeem \add it:\add* but if thou wilt not redeem \add it, then\add* tell me, that I may know: for \add there is\add* none to redeem \add it\add* besides thee; and I \add am\add* after thee. And he said, I will redeem \add it\add*.  
\v 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy \add it\add* also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.  
\v 6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem \add it\add* for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem \add it\add*.  
\v 7 Now this \add was the manner\add* in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave \add it\add* to his neighbour: and this \add was\add* a testimony in Israel.  
\v 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy \add it\add* for thee. So he drew off his shoe.  
\v 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and \add unto\add* all the people, Ye \add are\add* witnesses \add this\add* day, that I have bought all that \add was\add* Elimelech’s, and all that \add was\add* Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.  
\v 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye \add are\add* witnesses \add this\add* day.  
\v 11 And all the people that \add were\add* in the gate, and the elders, said, \add We are\add* witnesses. The \sc Lord\sc* make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:  
\v 12 and let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the \sc Lord\sc* shall give thee of this young woman.   
\p
\v 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the \sc Lord\sc* gave her conception, and she bare a son.  
\v 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed \add be\add* the \sc Lord\sc*, which hath not left thee \add this\add* day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.  
\v 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of \add thy\add* life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which \add is\add* better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.  
\v 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.  
\v 17 And the \add women her\add* neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he \add is\add* the father of Jesse, the father of David.   
\p
\v 18 Now these \add are\add* the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,  
\v 19 and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,  
\v 20 and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,  
\v 21 and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,  
\v 22 and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.