¹⁰ So she ^(A)fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found ^(B)favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”

¹¹ And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, ^(C)all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. ^12 (D)The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, ^(E)under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

¹³ Then she said, ^(F)“Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken ^[a]kindly to your maidservant, ^(G)though I am not like one of your maidservants.”