3Ruth 3

CHAP. III. / 1 By Namoi her instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz his feete. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinseman. 14 He sendeth her away with sixe measures of barley.

1Then Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal I not seeke rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?Select Ruth 3:1

2And now is not Boaz of our kinred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshing floore.Select Ruth 3:2

3Wash thy selfe therefore, and annoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: but make not thy selfe knowen vnto the man, vntill hee shall haue done eating and drinking.Select Ruth 3:3

4And it shall be when hee lieth downe, that thou shalt marke the place where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe in, and vncouer his feete, and lay thee downe, and he will tell thee what thou shalt doe.Select Ruth 3:4

5And shee said vnto her, All that thou sayest vnto me, I will doe.Select Ruth 3:5

6And she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.Select Ruth 3:6

7And when Boaz had eaten and drunke, and his heart was merrie, hee went to lie downe at the ende of the heape of corne: and she came softly, and vncouered his feet, and laid her downe.Select Ruth 3:7

8And it came to passe at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himselfe: and behold, a woman lay at his feete.Select Ruth 3:8

9And hee said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt ouer thine handmaid, for thou art a neare kinseman.Select Ruth 3:9

10And hee said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindnesse in the latter ende, then at the beginning, in as much as thou followedst not yong men, whether poore, or rich.Select Ruth 3:10

11And now my daughter, feare not, I will doe to thee all that thou requirest: for all the citie of my people doeth know, that thou art a vertuous woman.Select Ruth 3:11

12And now it is true, that I am thy neare kinseman: howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I.Select Ruth 3:12

13Tary this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if hee will performe vnto thee the part of a kinseman, well, let him doe the kinsemans part; but if hee will not doe the part of a kinseman to thee, then will I doe the part of a kinseman to thee, as the Lord liueth: lie downe vntill the morning.Select Ruth 3:13

14And shee lay at his feete vntill the morning: and she rose vp before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be knowen, that a woman came into the floore.Select Ruth 3:14

15Also he said, Bring the vaile that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And when she helde it, he measured sixe measures of barley, and laide it on her: and he went into the citie.Select Ruth 3:15

16And when shee came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? and she tolde her all that the man had done to her.Select Ruth 3:16

17And she said, These sixe measures of barley gaue he me, for he said to me, Go not emptie vnto thy mother in law.Select Ruth 3:17

18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, vntill thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, vntil he haue finished the thing this day.Select Ruth 3:18