Ruth 2:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, ‘Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen corn^(A) behind someone with whom I find favour? ’

Naomi answered her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.’ ³ So Ruth left and entered the field to gather corn behind the harvesters. She happened^(B) to be in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

⁴ Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, ‘The Lord be with you.’^(C)

‘The Lord bless you,’^(D) they replied.