20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “(A)May he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is [a]our relative, he is one of our [b]closest relatives.” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[c]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’” 22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:20 Lit near to us
  2. Ruth 2:20 Lit redeemers
  3. Ruth 2:21 Lit Also that