Ruth 3:5-13

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ So Ruth said to her, “I will do everything you say.”^{[a] 6} She went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had charged her to do. ⁷ After Boaz ate, drank, and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the pile of barley, and she came secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

⁸ At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman! ⁹ So he asked, “Who are you?”

“I am Ruth, your servant,” she replied. “Take me under your wing,^[b](A) for you are a family redeemer.”^(B)

¹⁰ Then he said, “May the Lord bless you,^(C) my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,^[c] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor. ¹¹ Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say,^[d] since all the people in my town^[e] know that you are a woman of noble character.^{(D) 12} Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am. ¹³ Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good.^(E) Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives,^(F) I will. Now lie down until morning.”