3 1 Naomi giveth Ruth counsel. 8 She sleepeth at Boaz’s feet. 12 He acknowledgeth himself to be her kinsman.

¹ Afterward Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall not I seek ^[a]rest for thee, that thou mayest prosper?

² Now also is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley tonight in the ^[b]floor.

³ Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: let not the ^[c]man know of thee, until he have left eating and drinking.

⁴ And when he shall sleep, mark the place where he layeth him down, and go, and uncover the place of his feet, and lay thee down, and he shall tell thee what thou shalt do.

⁵ And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I will do.

⁶ ¶ So she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

⁷ And when Boaz had eaten and drunken, and ^[d]cheered his heart, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn, and she came softly, and uncovered the place of his feet, and lay down.

⁸ And at midnight the man was afraid ^[e]and caught hold: and lo, a woman lay at his feet.

⁹ Then he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore the wing of thy garment over thine handmaid: for thou art the kinsman.

¹⁰ Then he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: thou hast ^[f]showed more goodness in the latter end, than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, were they poor or rich.

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 art a virtuous woman.

¹² And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

¹³ Tarry tonight, and when morning is come, if he ^[g]will do the duty of a kinsman unto thee, well, let him do the kinsman’s duty: but if he will not do the kinsman’s part, then will I do the duty of a kinsman, as the Lord liveth: sleep until the morning.

¹⁴ ¶ And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she arose before one could know another: for he said, Let no man know, that a woman came into the floor.

¹⁵ Also he said, Bring the ^[h]sheet that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid them on her, and she went into the city.

¹⁶ And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, ^[i]Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her,

¹⁷ And said, These six measures of barley gave he me: for he said to me, Thou shalt not come empty unto thy mother-in-law.

¹⁸ Then said she, My daughter, sit still, until thou know how the thing will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he hath finished the matter this same day.

4 1 Boaz speaketh to Ruth’s next kinsman touching her marriage. 7 The ancient custom in Israel. 10 Boaz marrieth Ruth, of whom he begetteth Obed. 18 The generation of Perez.

¹ Then went Boaz up to the ^[a]gate, and sat there, and behold, the kinsman, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by: and he said, ^[b]Ho, such one, come, sit down here. And he turned, and sat down.

² Then he took ten men of the Elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

³ And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

⁴ And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the ^[c]assistants, and before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, tell me: for I know that there is none ^[d]besides thee to redeem it, and I am after thee. Then he answered, I will redeem it.

⁵ Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must also buy it of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the dead, to stir up the name of the dead, upon his ^[e]inheritance.

⁶ And the kinsman answered, I cannot redeem it, lest I destroy mine own inheritance: redeem my right to thee, for I can not redeem it.

⁷ Now this was the manner beforetime in Israel, concerning redeeming and changing for to stablish all things: a man did pluck off his shoe, and gave it his neighbor: and this was a sure ^[f]witness in Israel.

⁸ Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shoe.

⁹ And Boaz said unto the Elders and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

¹⁰ And moreover, Ruth the Moabitess the wife of Mahlon, have I bought to be my wife, to stir up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his ^[g]place: ye are witnesses this day.

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders said, We are witnesses: the Lord make the wife that cometh into thine house, like Rachel and like Leah, which twain did build the house of Israel: and that thou mayest do worthily in ^[h]Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

¹² And that thine house be like the house of Perez (^(A)whom Tamar bare unto Judah) of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

¹³ ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave that she conceived, and bare a son.

¹⁴ And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and ^[i]his name shall be continued in Israel.

¹⁵ And this shall bring thy life again, and cherish thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law which loveth thee, hath borne unto him, and she is better to thee than ^[j]seven sons.

¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her lap, and became nurse unto it.

¹⁷ And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a child born to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

¹⁸ ¶ These now are the generations of ^(B)[k]Perez: Perez begat Hezron,

¹⁹ And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

²⁰ And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

²¹ And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

²² And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

25 1 Festus succeeding Felix, 6 commandeth Paul to be brought forth. 11 Paul appealeth unto Caesar. 14 Festus openeth Paul’s matter to king Agrippa, 23 and bringeth him before him, 27 that he may understand his cause.

¹ When ^[a]Festus was then come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea unto Jerusalem.

² Then the high Priest, and the chief of the Jews appeared before him against Paul: and they besought him,

³ And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem: and they laid wait to kill him by the way.

⁴ But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would shortly depart thither.

⁵ Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, come down with us: and if there be any wickedness in the man, let them accuse him.

⁶ ¶ ^[b]Now when he had tarried among them no more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day sat in the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

⁷ And when he was come, the Jews which were come from Jerusalem, stood about him and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, whereof ^[c]they could make no plain proof,

⁸ Forasmuch as he answered, that he had neither offended anything against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor against Caesar.

^9 [d]Yet Festus willing to get favor of the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

¹⁰ Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews I have done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

¹¹ For if I have done wrong, or committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things, whereof they accuse me, no man, to pleasure them, can deliver me to them: I appeal unto Caesar.

¹² Then when Festus had spoken with the Council, he answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

¹³ ¶ ^[e]And after certain days, King ^[f]Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to salute Festus.

¹⁴ And when they had remained there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in prison by Felix,

¹⁵ Of whom when I came to Jerusalem, the high Priests and Elders of the Jews informed me, and desired to have judgment against him.

¹⁶ To whom I answered, that it is not the manner of the Romans for favor to ^[g]deliver any man to the death, before that he which is accused, have the accusers before him, and have place to defend himself, concerning the crime.

¹⁷ Therefore when they were come hither, without delay the day following I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

¹⁸ Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no crime of such things as I supposed:

^19 [h]But had certain questions against him of their own ^[i]superstitions, and of one Jesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

²⁰ And because I doubted of such manner of question, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things.

²¹ But because he appealed to be reserved to the examination of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept, till I might send him to Caesar.

^22 [j]Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

²³ And on the morrow when Agrippa was come, and Bernice with great ^[k]pomp, and were entered into the Common hall with the chief captains and chief men of the city, at Festus’s commandment Paul was brought forth.

²⁴ And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have called upon me, both at Jerusalem, and here, crying, that he ought not to live any longer.

²⁵ Yet have I found nothing worthy of death, that he hath committed: nevertheless, seeing that he hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

²⁶ Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my ^[l]lord: wherefore I have brought him forth unto you, and especially unto thee, King Agrippa, that after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.

²⁷ For me thinketh it unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to show the causes which are laid against him.